Our background-check company handles the legal side of screening. In California, the employer that orders the report carries its own obligations, and a vendor’s form does not transfer them. When the paperwork is wrong, an applicant can challenge the process…
The new rule looked neutral on paper, and somehow it screened out almost everyone who looked like you. Maybe it was a strength test for a job that rarely lifts anything, a schedule change, or a credential the role never…
Plenty of California employers track representation across their teams and treat it as a harmless management habit, something closer to a dashboard than a decision. A recent $25 million settlement between the Department of Justice and a major federal contractor…
The U.S. Department of War’s SkillBridge program lets employers train and evaluate a transitioning service member for up to 180 days before deciding whether to bring them on as a regular hire. Because the participant is still paid by the…
A lot of employers assume that once a hiring platform runs the scoring, the company can step back and trust the number. That assumption holds up right until a rejected applicant asks who reviewed the score and why it came…
The interview felt great. You never heard back. Somewhere between the interview and the silence, a hiring manager pulled up a public profile. A photo, a post, a comment thread from years ago. Nobody told the candidate that happened, and…
Employers running background checks often assume that if a conviction happened somewhere else, it’s fair to weigh it however they see fit. San Francisco just narrowed that assumption. Effective Aug. 10, 2026, amendments to the city’s Fair Chance Ordinance bar…
Many employers believe that if an AI interviewing vendor built the tool, the vendor also owns the compliance risk. That belief does not survive contact with California law. AI-driven interview platforms, whether chat, voice, or video, are increasingly filling the…
Most San Francisco employers think their hiring process is fine because they already follow California’s statewide ban-the-box rule. That assumption is about to get expensive. Effective August 10, 2026, San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance adds categories of criminal history that…
Many employers believe that once they hand a job applicant the federal background-check disclosure form, the hiring process is fully covered. It is not, and the gap is a paperwork gap, not a substance one. California layers its own background-check…
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