Background check terms can be hard to understand, but you need to know the basics in order to do and review background checks for your organization correctly. Here are 5 background screening terms you should know so you can make sure you are collecting information in line with federal, state, local, and business laws and rules.

Privacy invasion in background checks – myth or concern? When it comes to interactions between an employer and their employees, confidentiality must always be a guiding principle. Personal, romantic relationships, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and family matters are private aspects of an individual’s life that, in most cases, have nothing to do with work and are