Criminal record checks are at four-year highs in North America, Asia, EMEA and Latin America. Drug screening is common in North America; the US has seen many states loosen rules on marijuana.

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Are you hiring the right candidates? Or are you hiring candidates that put your organization at risk, bounce around, and can’t do what they say they do? Background screening is your defense system ...

Compare leading healthcare background check providers for 2026, reviewed for compliance, accuracy, turnaround speed, and reliability in clinical hiring.

Most worksite injury prevention programs focus solely on conditions of the worksite – making sure workers properly use PPE, correct equipment usage and more. But worksite accidents don't happen in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. The first quarter of 2025 brought a surge of legal and ...

Pre-employment drug tests are used to screen prospective employees for illegal drug use or abuse of prescription medication. Employers typically extend conditional job offers to new hires contingent ...