Welcome to our second video about the effects of the GDPR on the background screening industry. The first video – Chapter 1 – Transparency – talked about the importance of transparency in the background screening industry under the GDPR. In this video, Steve Girdler, Managing Director for EMEA & APAC, and Caroline Smith, Associate General Counsel […]
ManPower’s ‘Friendly Work Environment’ Award We are delighted to announce that HireRight’s Katowice office has received a Manpower ‘Friendly Work Environment’ award. ‘Friendly Work Environment’ is a contest in which Manpower rewards their clients (around 500 companies in Poland who employ temporary workers). In the competition for the title of a Friendly Work Environment among all Manpower clients, only 29 received […]
Whether you are a data processor or controller, you need first-rate security intent measures. The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has quite honestly stricken fear into the hearts of many companies, but where many saw a challenge, HireRight saw the opportunity to demonstrate to our clients and candidates that we are taking […]
Rescreening current employees is still something many businesses do not recognise as a key component to a solid and reliable background screening programme. The 2018 HireRight EMEA Employment Screening Benchmark Survey reveals that 39% of employees are rescreened after being promoted or changing roles, but only 15% currently rescreen employees with no status change (in the same […]
Step 10 – DPAs – As Easy as 1-2-3…..? Introduction With just under 50 days to go before the GDPR comes into force, most data controller organisations are starting to send out Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) to their processors. But what is a DPA and why is it needed? What is a DPA and why […]
We at HireRight think that some people have got background screening all wrong. It can be seen by some as a witch hunt, but we view it very differently. We work with national and global businesses to help them with onboarding talent, not risk, allowing our clients to verify that their candidates are suitable for […]
