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5 AI Hiring Laws That Could Catch Your Company Off Guard

AI adoption in HR nearly doubled over the past year, from 26% to 43% of organizations, according to SHRM, and recruiting is the most common place teams put it to work. If your company is among them, one question needs a fast answer:

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Iowa's New Resume Fraud Law: What HF 2337 Changes for Employers

Iowa's New Resume Fraud Law: What HF 2337 Changes for Employers

Resume Fraud Was Already a Crisis, Iowa Just Made It a Crime.

Are You Doing Individualized Assessments?
Criminal Background Checks

Are You Doing Individualized Assessments?

A background check comes back with a conviction. Now what? If the first instinct is to skip that candidate and move on, that reaction is common.

AI Hiring Bias Compliance: What Employers Must Do

AI Hiring Bias Compliance: What Employers Must Do

If you use AI to screen, shortlist, or rank candidates, the question is no longer whether your tools work efficiently. It is whether they hold up under scrutiny.

How to Get a Criminal Background Check for Employment
Criminal Background Checks

How to Get a Criminal Background Check for Employment

A criminal background check is an investigation into a candidate's criminal history. It can show felony and misdemeanor convictions, infractions, and pending criminal cases.

Why Employment Verifications Fail (and What Your Provider Isn't Telling You)
Employment Verification

Why Employment Verifications Fail (and What Your Provider Isn't Telling You)

Your background check provider just called a previous employer to verify a candidate. The phone rang. An automated voice asked for dates of employment and job title.

Federal Records Your Background Check Misses

Federal Records Your Background Check Misses

Your last background check probably came back clean. But if your provider isn't searching federal courts, clean doesn't mean complete, it means 94 districts went unchecked.

Social Media and AI Hiring: A 2026 Compliance Guide

Social Media and AI Hiring: A 2026 Compliance Guide

If you're hiring in New York, in any state with an AI hiring rule, or with any AI tool in your screening stack…

The Safety Net You've Been Relying on Since 1997 No Longer Exists

The Safety Net You've Been Relying on Since 1997 No Longer Exists

A column for HR professionals who thought they had this one covered.

Clean Slate Laws in 2026: What Employers Need to Know

Clean Slate Laws in 2026: What Employers Need to Know

Clean Slate laws are changing how background checks work, and if you hire using criminal history reports, now is the time to start doing things differently. Why now?

Upcoming Changes to DOT Drug Testing Panels

Upcoming Changes to DOT Drug Testing Panels

On September 2, 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced plans to expand its mandatory drug testing panel by adding fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) and its metabolite…

Your DOT Checklist: 7 Ways to Prepare for Upcoming Changes

Your DOT Checklist: 7 Ways to Prepare for Upcoming Changes

Your Compliance Checklist: 7 Steps to Prepare Now … Audit your current drug testing policy.

New York Credit Check Ban for Employers
Compliance

New York Credit Check Ban for Employers

New York's statewide ban on employer credit checks is here. Senate Bill S3072, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on December 19, 2025, took effect April 18, 2026.

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