Background Screening Compliance

Legal compliance in the background screening industry is very important. Failure to comply can lead to law suits and potential judgments against employers and background screening companies so it is important to know the regulations governing the background screening process.

USA-FACT's Compliance Library is provided at no cost to Subscribers of our background screening and drug testing services. Our Library includes a comprehensive collection of links to important legislation regarding background screening and is organized by federal, state, and industry legislation.

Our Federal Compliance information includes the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, the American’s with Disabilities Act and other federal legislation that affects background screening.

Our State Compliance information includes a 50-State Compliance Guide for both background screening and drug testing. Also included is a table containing links to the legislation for each state that has a Consumer Credit Reporting law.

FACT’s Compliance Library also contains a Forms Library, A Compliance Made Easy section, and 50-State matrix for E-Verify legislation.

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