Background Screening Trends That Will Impact Employers in 2022 From new restrictive legislation around PII and more states legalizing cannabis to screening vendors and suppliers and county system issues, here are the top 10 issues that will affect Human Resources…
This article by Montserrat Miller originally appeared on JDSupra.com The Heroes Act includes a provision that would place a temporary moratorium on the ability of consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) to furnish certain adverse information during major disasters, including during…
Maryland is the Newest State to Ban the Box Maryland has joined a growing number of states and jurisdictions enacting a “ban-the-box” law prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their criminal history on the initial job application. The new…
AmericanChecked Retains National Accreditation for Background Checks Completes 3-Year BSAAP Interim Surveillance Audit Tulsa, Oklahoma – AmericanChecked, a nationally accredited background screening service provider, has completed a three-year interim surveillance audit, a requirement of the Background Screening Agency Accreditation Program…
Do You Really Know Who Is Conducting Your Employment Screens? Buzzfeed recently published an expose on one of the nation’s largest background screening provider’s business practices and placed a massive spotlight on what can happen when screening companies rush their…
Volunteer Screening: Protecting nonprofit organizations and the people they serve. Every day, millions of Americans utilize services provided by nonprofits. Without a proper screening program in place, these organizations could be placing their clients (and reputations) in harm’s way. Nonprofit…
At the end of May, Colorado Governor, Jared Polis, signed HB19-1025 into law and making Colorado the 13th state to implement Ban-the-Box regulations. The legislation is surprisingly “light” on restrictions. It will be codified at CRS §8-2-130. Laws known as…
Do you know how many FCRA certified employees are processing your background checks? If your background screening partner is AmericanChecked the answer is: All of them. Every single individual who touches a report has achieved, at minimum, FCRA Basic Certification…
AmericanChecked Launches New Applicant Tracking and Onboarding Solution Tulsa, Okla. – AmericanChecked Inc., a nationally accredited, Native/woman-owned company based in Tulsa, Okla., has launched a new applicant tracking system (ATS), adding to its already impressive lineup of products and…
CEO Julie Hakman to speak on “Background Screening Best Practices” at the 2018 NAGRA Conference. AmericanChecked’s President and CEO Julie Hakman will be speaking at this year’s North American Gaming Regulators Association Conference in Austin, Texas. Attendees will…
AmericanChecked partners with CasinoCareers.com Casino Careers members to enjoy competitive pricing on background checks. Tulsa, Okla. – AmericanChecked Inc., a Tulsa-based, nationally accredited, Native/Woman-owned background screening company, has partnered with CasinoCareers.com as a preferred provider to users of the…
The award was presented Nov.1 for commitment to ethical business practices. Tulsa, Okla. – Better Business Bureau® serving Eastern Oklahoma (BBB) announced AmericanChecked Inc. as a winner of the 2017 Torch Award for Ethics. Businesses were evaluated on the…
Protect your tribe and organization through compliance regulations. AmericanChecked’s Julie Hakman will be presenting with Joe Osterlo, director of compliance and investigations at Morongo Gaming Agency, and Joe Halloran, an attorney with the Jacobson Law Group, on “Compliance Core Competencies…What…