BACKGROUND CHECK NEWS AND ARTICLES
Reliable Background Screening has a long and successful history performing background checks in a multitude of industries, nationwide. Reliable is widely considered as the experts in the intricacies of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and other background screening regulations. President and CEO, Rudy Troisi, has been a speaker, nationally, at numerous professional organizations on the topic of employee and other background checks. As part of our stated goal to educate our clients about what background information they should have, and what the best methods are to acquire it, please refer to the two areas below, which contain valuable information pertaining to background checks.
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5 Tips to Reduce Compliance Risk and Improve Talent Decisions
AI is showing up everywhere in the hiring process, and franchise leaders are adopting it fast. Before rolling any AI-driven tool into your hiring workflow, it's worth understanding where the compliance risk actually lives. Our team partnered with the employment law group at Buchalter to break down what franchise leaders need to know before leaning on AI for hiring decisions. Click here to read the full article on [...]
Background Screening Consumer Complaint Statistics 2026
In 2024 the CFPB logged more than 2.8 million consumer complaints, and roughly 85 percent concerned credit and consumer reporting, the category that includes background checks. The overwhelming theme across that data is accuracy: the single most common complaint, year after year, is that a report simply contained wrong information about the consumer. Key Takeaways The CFPB received more than 2.8 million consumer complaints in 2024, and credit [...]
Ban the Box and Fair Chance Hiring Statistics 2026: State Laws, Coverage, and Compliance Data
Ban the box has moved from a handful of cities to a nationwide compliance reality: roughly 35 to 37 states plus Washington, D.C. and more than 150 local governments now have fair chance hiring laws. With more than 70 million Americans holding a criminal record, these laws reshape when and how employers can consider criminal history, and getting the timing wrong can trigger penalties into six figures. Key [...]
Employee Theft and Workplace Fraud Statistics 2026: What Occupational Fraud Costs Employers
The typical organization loses about 5 percent of its revenue to occupational fraud every year, with a median loss of roughly $145,000 per case and an average approaching $1.7 million. The uncomfortable truth for employers: most of the people committing that fraud are trusted, long-tenured employees who passed their background check, which is exactly why screening has to be paired with monitoring and controls. Key Takeaways Organizations lose [...]
Background Check Industry Statistics 2026
Background screening is now nearly universal: roughly 93 to 96 percent of U.S. employers run some form of check before hiring, inside a U.S. services market worth about $3.2 billion in 2026. Yet as adoption plateaus, the risk it guards against is climbing, with candidate discrepancies, synthetic identities, and AI-assisted resume fraud all trending sharply upward. Key Takeaways The U.S. background check services industry is valued at about [...]
Mid-Year Supplier Review: Is Your Background Screening Provider Truly Reducing Your Risk?
For many organizations, the middle of the year is the perfect time to evaluate suppliers. Companies routinely review insurance carriers, payroll providers, HR technology, accounting firms, and other critical business partners to ensure they continue to deliver value. One supplier that is often overlooked, however, is their background screening provider. Many organizations assume that all background screening companies provide the same information, use the same processes, and deliver [...]
