KRESS Employment Screening

Philadelphia tightened its Fair Chance Hiring Law this year.

If your screening still treats Philadelphia like the rest of Pennsylvania, you should take another look.

See our full breakdown on the blog:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H05WzSL0

Washington's expanded Fair Chance Act takes effect 1 July 2026 for employers with 15 or more employees.

No criminal history inquiries before a conditional offer. Individualized assessment for every conviction. Penalties up to $15,000 per affected applicant.

Step-by-step compliance guide: https://na2.hubs.ly/H05HJX20

To HR.

You're the one who picks up the phone at 8:47 pm on a Friday.
You hold the difficult conversations, you write the policy no one notices until it works.
You're often the only HR person in the room, in the building, in the company.
You don't get a press release when you save someone from a bad hire, or a thank-you when an audit is passed.

But the proof is everywhere: in the teams that work, the candidates who got a fair shot, and the people you've hired and developed.

On International HR Day (and the 364 other days too), we thank you!

A decade ago, candidate fraud meant a padded title or a stretched date.

Today it shows up in ways a traditional one-and-done check was never designed to catch, and the list keeps growing.

The fix isn't a bigger check, it's layers. Each one closes a gap the others can't reach.

See the full breakdown on our blog:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H051YSZ0