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Keeping up with local, state and federal employment laws is crucial to doing business to protect your customers, managers, employees, board of directors and brand reputation. Laws change frequently, so it’s up to your HR department or legal team to research, adopt and implement methods and strategies to observe and ensure complete and continuous compliance ...

Every time you hire someone, your organization takes on some measure of risk, especially if you aren’t fully aware of an applicant’s work, education, driving, credit or even criminal history. That doesn’t mean the candidate is not responsible for his or her actions, but you need to know who you are bringing into your organizational ...

As a business owner, you don’t want to practice discrimination in job hiring for several reasons. Aside from not wanting to treat job candidates unfairly, you don’t want to put your organization in a bad legal position. A key legal area for today’s businesses lies in discrimination-related matters. Discrimination concerns might start with potential pre-employment discrimination as you bring ...

Looking to reduce hiring costs in this tumultuous market? As demand in the workforce rises, recruiters and companies must employ the right tools to help them acquire the best candidates. There are a lot of factors that go into finding and onboarding new employees, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Effective and affordable solutions ...

The background screening process has become a crucial component of top recruiting strategies for businesses across the country. Organizational leaders and HR team members must confirm each hire’s integrity and qualifications as well as they can. An in-depth background check can help. Poor hiring decisions — based on lack of information or taking each candidate at their word ...

Once you conduct an employee screening on job candidates and they pass with flying colors, you might feel that you don’t need to revisit the topic. However, circumstances can change in an employee’s life at a moment’s notice, making periodic background checks increasingly appealing to employers. The same way you need to know whether an employee marries, ...

Whether you own and run a rental property company or want to rent out a room in your home, you want to know as much about the people who will live on your property as possible. That’s why so many property owners and management companies conduct background screenings and analyze the reports for background check red ...

Any business venture as a rental property owner comes with a certain degree of risk. Fortunately, there are steps to help reduce the risks you take when allowing others to live in your rental home or apartment unit. Along with requiring a security deposit and an additional month’s rent, you can run a credit check on ...

Whether you work at a local hospital, urgent care clinic or private physician’s office, your patients’ safety should be a primary concern for your hiring team. Your patients entrust your staff with their health records and, in some cases, their lives, so you need to know that everyone you hire shares your organization’s level of ...

When a business and an individual work to reach a deal, it has become common practice for one or both parties to conduct a due diligence investigation on the other party. With as many possibilities for risks as rewards in certain engagements, due diligence offers peace of mind. In some situations, companies face serious negative ...

Over the past decade, social media usage has grown rapidly, creating spaces where people can share personal and professional news with friends, family and co-workers. Many employers have come to understand that a prospective job candidate’s social media accounts are rich beds of information that they won’t necessarily find on a job application or during ...

Hiring employees is a powerful risk element for any business. While you need dedicated professionals to help grow your business, there’s more that you need to know about every candidate and current employee than where they went to college and whether they claim to possess the skills and qualifications your position requires. With the best background ...