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Since 2005, Hire Image LLC has provided reliable and comprehensive employment background checks and background screenings, and other background investigation services including national criminal and civil searches, drug screenings, employment, education and professional license verifications, tenant screenings, motor vehicle records, address and social security number traces, and credit reports. We enable our clients to make well-informed hiring and retention decisions, and are a valued partner in their success. We work with national and international companies, from small businesses to large corporations, ensuring that they hire the right people in their own image.
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Salary History Ban Becomes Law in New York State
Effective January 6, 2020: Employers in New York are prohibited from inquiring into or relying upon the salary history of an applicant or employee in determining whether to offer a job and in setting that person’s salary. Employers are also prohibited from...
read moreNext Up for Salary History Ban: Toledo, Ohio
Effective June 25, 2020: Employers with 15 or more employees in the city of Toledo, Ohio are prohibited from inquiring about or using an applicant’s salary history: to screen job applicants, in deciding whether to offer employment, or in determining salary, benefits,...
read morePennsylvania Starts Sealing 30 Million Criminal Records as Part of Clean Slate Act
Last year, Pennsylvania became the first state in the country to pass a Clean Slate Law, automatically sealing certain criminal records via technology. On Friday, June 28th, the law went into effect and the process of sealing records officially began. Courts have...
read moreUpcoming Court Closures
In observance of Independence Day, All Courts are closed Thursday, July 4th; Some Courts are also closed Friday, July 5th, which will delay some reports. Hire Image will be open July 5th . We wish everyone a safe and fun holiday!
read moreRecreational Marijuana Becomes Legal in Illinois
Effective January 1, 2020: Residents of Illinois who are at least 21 years of age may use, grow, and possess marijuana for recreational use. The law specifically addresses marijuana in the workplace in that it does not prohibit an employer from: Adopting a...
read moreAlaska Supreme Court Rules State’s Sex Offender Registry Act Violates Offenders’ Due Process Rights
In John Doe v. State of Alaska, Dep’t of Safety, the Alaska Supreme Court recently held that portions of the Alaska Sex Offender Registry Act (ASORA) are unconstitutional. In a close 3-2 decision, the court ruled that the registry provides no means for offenders to...
read moreD.C. Employers Pay Nearly $500,000 in ‘Ban the Box’ Violations Over the Past 5 Years
Ban the Box has been in effect since 2014 in Washington, D.C., but you wouldn’t know it by the actions of some D.C. businesses. More than 1,100 administrative charges have been filed against employers who continue to ask about criminal histories on job applications,...
read moreAlabama Restricts Salary History Information
Effective September 1, 2019: Alabama employers are prohibited from refusing to interview, hire, promote, or employ any applicant, or retaliate against any applicant, because that applicant does not provide a wage history. Hire Image background screening specialists...
read moreNevada Follows in New York City’s Footsteps and Becomes the First State to Ban Pre-Employment Marijuana Screening
Hire Image background screening specialists report that effective January 1, 2020, employers in Nevada are prohibited from refusing to hire a prospective employee because he or she submitted to a screening test and the results indicate marijuana. Nevada is the first...
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Cyber breaches continue to demonstrate that people are the greatest vulnerability for even the most sophisticated organizations. Although it is easy to feel prepared by talking about firewalls, detection software, and encryption methods, employees continue to be the easiest means for hackers to gain access.
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Attention California Employers: Ban the Box and Salary History Laws Now Effective
California’s Ban the Box and Salary History laws are now in effect, as of January 1, 2018. For additional information on these laws…