Michael Klazema

Child Care, Foster Care, and Background Checks to Protect Minors

A daycare background check is essential for protecting vulnerable children while their parents work. Explore what goes into the process and other facts to know.

credit check, FCRA

A Legal Update on Background Screening Laws in Philadelphia and Illinois

Legislative changes in Philadelphia and Illinois will affect how employers in these jurisdictions use background checks and credit checks for employment decisions. Read our report to learn the key det...

fair chance act, background screening

New York City Expands Fair Chance Employment Ordinance

A new amendment to New York City’s Fair Chance Act significantly expands ban the box legislation. The changes will affect how employers utilize background checks for existing employees, handle pending...

Avoiding Data Bias When Hiring

Using AI in hiring can help bring new efficiencies to the process. It can also bring “data bias,” in which an AI framework introduces biases from gender to racial discrimination. Here’s what employers...

background screening in the gig economy

Trends in Background Checks to Watch in 2021

How will employee background checks change and evolve in 2021? Few people could have predicted the ways that hiring and work would shift in 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing remote work and hir...

Industry News, employee background checks

How Should Companies Handle Employee Vetting in a Work-From-Home World?

When the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred lockdowns that swept across the nation, many employers found themselves forced to accommodate work-from-ho

Industry News, Uber, lyft, ridesharing background checks

What Proposition 22 Means for Uber, Lyft, and Ridesharing Background Checks

On November 3, voters in California approved “Proposition 22,” a proposal that effectively creates a brand-new employment designation for drivers of ridesh

Industry News, COVID-19, EEOC

Navigating EEOC Compliance During COVID-19

To say that the COVID-19 pandemic turned the business world upside-down is an understatement. From a massive shift to remote work to hard choices surroundi

Industry News

New Law Change in Pennsylvania Makes ‘Clean Slate’ More Accessible to Ex-Offenders

Two years ago, Pennsylvania passed a revolutionary law that vowed to automatically seal tens of millions of criminal records. Now, the state legislature is

Industry News, ban the box

Banning the Box on College Applications

Could ban the box policies be heading toward college campuses? Based on a new law pending in Pennsylvania, the answer is yes. What You Need to Know about B