INDUSTRY NEWS
New Arkansas law to require employers to provide copies of background checks to applicants and employees upon request
The law will go into effect on Aug. 4, 2017.
Specifically, Arkansas Statute § 11–3–206 requires that: “Upon the request of an employee or an applicant for employment, an employer that receives background check information regarding an employee or an applicant for employment shall provide a copy of the background check information to the employee or applicant for employment.”
Source: General Assembly of the State of Arkansas