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Guides and explainers that make background screening make sense. Written by the compliance team that runs these checks every day, for employers building a program and candidates who want to understand their rights.
Practical, plain-language, and kept current.
Live Knowledge Base
These are the current PSBI Knowledge Base articles. Open a guide for the detailed setup steps, compliance workflow, or security reference.
P51’s WCAG 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 Level A and AA conformance, criterion by criterion.
Read article →For EmployersAdverse ActionStay FCRA-compliant when a background check might lead to declining or terminating a candidate.
Read article →Utah requires each employer to create and approve a Utah.gov business account before MVRs can be ordered.
Read article →Quickstart for IT administrators to grant Microsoft Entra admin consent for P51.
Read article →IT / Security · Updated April 20, 2026Entra ID SSO Vendor Security OverviewWhat P51 requests from your Entra tenant, how data is handled, and how access can be audited or revoked.
Read article →Collect candidate or consumer information without manually adding every person to PSBI.
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For employers
Start-to-finish guidance on setting up screening the right way.
A ground-up primer: what checks exist, what they reveal, and how to build a program that fits your roles and risk.
The disclosure, authorization, and adverse-action steps every employer must follow, in order and without the legalese.
The pre-adverse and adverse-action notice sequence, timing windows, and how to honor candidate dispute rights.
How rules differ by state, from ban-the-box timing to salary-history and clean-slate provisions.
What actually drives report speed and accuracy, and how to set realistic expectations with hiring managers.
When periodic re-screening makes sense, and how to do it compliantly with fresh disclosure and consent.
For candidates
What a check can include and the rights you have under the law.
What a background check can include, your rights under the FCRA, and how the process protects you.
Step by step: how to challenge an inaccurate item and what the screening company must do to investigate.
How lookback periods work and where state law limits what can be reported.
A realistic look at what employers typically see, and what they don't, on a background report.
FAQ
Begin with Screening 101 and the FCRA Compliance Guide. Together they cover what to check and the legal steps you must follow before and after.
No. They're practical explainers grounded in how screening works. For decisions specific to your situation, consult your own counsel.
Regularly. Our compliance team revises guides as laws change and publishes a monthly Compliance Radar summarizing what moved.
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