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Employment Screening Is More Important Than Ever. Here’s Why.

Current employers are required to place more trust in their workers than ever before. Here are some observations that support that claim: More and more working environments are partially or fully remote. Employees are expecting increasingly more autonomy in their positions. Streamlined workflows and improving AI mean each individual within an organization has more prominent […]

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What Employers Should Know About Drug Testing for Marijuana

Drug-free workplace policies are implemented to keep work environments safe. In determining a policy, there are liberties employers have and laws and guidelines they must follow. Employment drug testing certainly isn’t a free-for-all for employers, and several factors require consideration. A common question we receive from employers revolves around the legalities or best practices of

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Best Performance Management Tips for an Evolving Workforce

Today’s workforce is already much different than just a decade ago. As technology further integrates into every industry’s day-to-day, workers benefit from conveniences while facing new challenges. Because most processes are far less manual, procedures have become more streamlined overall. However, while we move away from tiresome data entry and outdated communication practices, the average

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What’s Happening in Michigan? New Law Affects Background Screening

The 10th Amendment reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Each state has its own legislature and, therefore, its own laws and its own due processes. When a state law is breached, proceedings

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5 Employment Screening Processes That Should Remain Human

Emerging AI/machine learning technologies are creating tsunami-sized waves, particularly when it comes to data retrieval and distribution. Our realities are drawing closer to what would have once been seen as a fantasy realm. It is getting easier and easier to imagine a world where AI does it all– and in the context of employment screening,

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What Are the Most Common Background Check Solutions?

The words “background check” are a bit indistinct. A background check solution is not a constant thing that can be applied unchangeably to a number of organizations. As we always mention, data has many sources, and employers have unique needs. Offering an optimal solution, in some situations, can become quite involved. Several factors influence the

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