Background Checks: 2025 Regulations for Employers

Protect your workplace and stay compliant with evolving background check rules. This 90-minute program will cover key laws, FCRA requirements, federal contractor obligations, and considerations for applicants with criminal records—plus practical strategies to strengthen your screening process and reduce hiring risks.

Join us to discover:

• Federal and state laws that apply to using criminal records in hiring decisions
• The role of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in conducting background checks
• Rules for employers with federal contracts asking about criminal history
• Compliance requirement when considering formerly incarcerated applicants
• Best practices for conducting a comprehensive background check

Program Highlights

Dos & Don’ts of Conducting Criminal Background Checks

• Types of Criminal Background Searches that put Employers at risk
• Process of conducting a criminal background check
• Latest regulations on criminal background checks in the Federal regulatory industry
• Regulations protecting formerly incarcerated individuals in the workplace
• Multi-state approach to criminal record searches

Compliance Requirements & Best Practices for Background Checks

• Importance of criminal background checks in avoiding negligent hiring
• States with Ban the Box mandated protections
• Proper requirements when rejecting a candidate after a background check
• Pitfalls of using social media in the screening process
• Why some employers are reducing or eliminating background checks

Question & Answer Session – Have your specific questions answered

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Margie Faulk, HR Compliance Advisor and E-Learning Trainer, HR Compliance Solutions, LLC

Margie Faulk is a senior-level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and non-profit sectors.  Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties for violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural. Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).