Michael Klazema

Michael Klazema is the lead author and editor for Dallas-based backgroundchecks.com with a focus on human resource and employment screening developments

Michael Klazema

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HR Must Adapt to Support a New Normal in the Office

Industry News, COVID-19

HR Must Adapt to Support a New Normal in the Office

As workplaces around the world grapple with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many have begun the hard work of thinking about what comes next. As bus

How to Fast Track Hiring During the Pandemic

Questions and Answers, COVID-19, fast track hiring

How to Fast Track Hiring During the Pandemic

COVID-19 has posed multiple challenges to employers trying to fill new positions. Many businesses have had to respond to pandemic-related economic challeng

A Mid-Year Ban the Box Compliance Report: Ban the Box

Industry News, ban the box, EEOC, FCRA

A Mid-Year Ban the Box Compliance Report: Ban the Box

2020 has been a hectic year for everyone, but especially for employers. First, businesses had to contend with the stay-at-home orders wrought by COVID-19,

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Why Bus Driver Background Checks Are Important

Industry News

Why Bus Driver Background Checks Are Important

School bus driver background checks provide vital protection for student safety. They are also a key safeguard against costly legal liability for school di

How Is Work from Home Affecting Hiring?

Questions and Answers, background check, COVID-19

How Is Work from Home Affecting Hiring?

The further we get into the COVID-19 pandemic, the less the work-from-home model appears to be a strictly temporary measure. At first, when businesses star

Background Checks to Work at Pitney Bowes

Questions and Answers, COVID-19, Background Checks

Background Checks to Work at Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes is a brand synonymous with technological innovation in the postage industry. In 1902, founder Arthur Pitney patented the world’s first-ever po

How Can Companies Appropriately Screen New Remote Workers?

Industry News, COVID-19, temporary workers, remote work

How Can Companies Appropriately Screen New Remote Workers?

Even as some regions begin to lift their lockdowns to jump-start the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has ensured that typical social conventions will return

Top 25 hourly rates at major companies

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Top 25 hourly rates at major companies

Hourly rates and minimum wages have received a lot of attention in the media in recent years thanks to a political push to institute higher minimum wages at the state or federal level. So far, the fed...

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