Apr 23, 2021 | Background Checks
Beginning July, 2021, a new law takes effect in Alabama called the Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment and Eliminate Recidivism Act (REDEEMER Act). This new legislation stipulates that records for those convicted of misdemeanors and other nonviolent...
Mar 24, 2021 | Background Checks, Ban the Box, Criminal Background Checks, General
In early March of this year, Representatives recently introduced the Workforce Justice Act of 2021. If passed, it would give states three years to implement consistent Ban the Box policies that prohibit employers from asking job applicants about their criminal history...
Mar 13, 2021 | Background Checks, General
1. Background Screening Challenges Will Continue as a Result of COVID-19 Government, business, and education closures in 2020 due to the pandemic have significantly and negatively affected myriad industries including background screening. Industries will continue to...
Jan 4, 2021 | Background Checks
Effective January 1, 2021, Colorado employers are prohibited from (1) seeking the wage history of a prospective employee; (2) relying on the wage history of a prospective employee to determine a wage rate; or (3) discriminating or retaliating against a prospective...
Nov 18, 2020 | Background Checks, General
Hire Image is celebrating International Anti-Fraud Awareness Week. Fraud Week, as it is commonly known, runs November 15 to 21, 2020 and was established by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in order to remind businesses to not just join in the effort...
Oct 29, 2020 | Background Checks
While much has changed over the past few months, one thing that hasn’t is the importance of education. Hire Image works with colleges and universities around the country and understands the unique needs and challenges in running a higher education institution. We work...
