A staggering 22 million Americans in the country’s labour workforce lost their jobs between January and April 2020 due to covid closures, pushing the unemployment rate up to almost 15% – the highest rate ever recorded in the 72 years since data collection began in 1948 – and a year on, the rate hasn’t changed

For any large company operating in the United Kingdom, undertaking the arduous task of performing employee background checks is a necessity. With increasingly stringent laws and measures being implemented with the government’s right to work policies. As a result, it’s estimated that about 80% of companies in the UK carry out background checks. They often