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Ghost Workers, Fake Productivity and Hiring Deception: New GCheck Research Reveals the Rise of the Shadow Workforce
14 Jul, 2026 • 5 min read Employees report growing concerns about identity verification, skills misrepresentation, AI-enabled productivity masking, and emerging ghost worker threats LOS ANGELES – July 14, 2026 – As organizations accelerate adoption of remote work, artificial intelligence (AI) tools, distributed teams, and global hiring models, a new enterprise risk is emerging: employers are increasingly challenged to...
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GCheck Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance for Secure Background Checks
30 Jun, 2026 • 5 min read An independent examination gives the HR, security, and procurement teams that vet vendors the evidence their risk reviews increasingly require: proof that GCheck protects the sensitive data candidates entrust to it, in practice, not only on paper. LOS ANGELES – June 30, 2026 – GCheck, a modern, compliance-first hire-to-retire screening platform and FCRA-regulated consumer reporting agency (CRA), today announced it has achieved SOC 2...
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GCheck Achieves HIPAA Compliance for Healthcare Background Screening
25 Jun, 2026 • 4 min read The assessment gives hospitals, health systems, and their procurement and security teams documented assurance that GCheck safeguards protected health information before workforce data ever changes hands. LOS ANGELES – June 25, 2026 – GCheck, a modern, compliance-first hire-to-retire screening platform and FCRA-regulated consumer reporting agency (CRA), today announced it has achieved HIPAA compliance for its healthcare...
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63% of Workers Admit to Exaggerating AI Skills as Automation Anxiety Fuels an AI Skills Bubble, New GCheck Report Finds
19 May, 2026 • 5 min read Gen Z leads the surge, with 80% admitting to overstating AI skills, while 64% of employers never verify, fueling demand for stronger screening LOS ANGELES – May 19, 2026 – Sixty-three percent of workers admit to lying or exaggerating their AI skills to appear more knowledgeable than they are, up to...
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Background Check Consent Form: Complete Employer Guide
27 Apr, 2026 • 4 min read Background Check Consent Form: Complete Employer Guide Nearly every employer in the United States runs background checks, yet one of the most common compliance failures happens before the first search is ever run. A flawed background check consent form can expose an organization to class-action litigation affecting every employee who...
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Industry Guides
Are Background Check Fears Costing Employers Their Best Candidates?
8 Apr, 2026 • 13 min read According to GCheck’s 2026 Trust in Hiring survey of 1,500 US workers, 44% have avoided pursuing a job or career because they feared a background check would negatively affect their chances. That finding becomes even more striking when placed against a broader industry reality: the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA,...
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