Employee Lifecycle · Glossary

Background Check

Verification of employment history, education, and (where applicable) criminal record.

Run after offer-accept. Vendors vary by region. Be transparent with the candidate, follow local law, and never rescind without due process.

The legal landscape (especially in the US) is increasingly restrictive on criminal-record use. Document the job-relevance reasoning for any disqualification, and follow ban-the-box and adverse-action rules to the letter.

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