The applicant screening industry moves fast. Keep up with our Industry News blog, which presents breaking news items, culled from newspapers and trade publications, relating to legislation, case law, statistics and trends in applicant screening.
Recent Posts
November deadline set for USCIS to publish new Form I-9
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that its newly-approved revised Form I-9 must be published by Nov. 22, 2016. Read More
U.S. workers testing positive for illicit drugs at record rates
According to a report from Quest Diagnostics – one of the largest independent diagnostic service providers – the share of U.S. workers testing positive for illicit drug use has reached its highest level in a decade. Read More
Congresswoman to introduce bill to ban pre-employment salary inquiries
The bill would prohibit employers from asking applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer. Read More
Sacramento, California “bans the box”
Effective Jan. 1, 2017, private vendors and contractors with the city of Sacramento will no longer be permitted to include the check box that asks applicant’s to disclose prior criminal convictions on their job applications. Read More
Dish settles class action over background check procedures for $1.75M
The direct-broadcast satellite service provider and the company it used to procure consumer reports on job applicants were accused of violating several tenants of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. Read More