Compliance

Pay range or no post: a pre-publish check for job ads

September 28, 2026 · Reqmint

Pay transparency rules now bite in Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts, and staffing firms post on behalf of clients. Here is a rules table, a jurisdiction resolver for remote and multi-state reqs, and a pre-publish gate that keeps a record of what was posted where.

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Least privilege for an agent: scoped ATS access and an access log

September 14, 2026 · Reqmint

Before an agent drafts anything it needs credentials. This walkthrough builds the access layer: one service identity per agent, a narrow tool surface instead of raw API keys, read and write split, and an access log that answers who touched which candidate record and why.

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Building the candidate notice, opt-out and appeal flow

September 10, 2026 · Reqmint

Bias audits get the attention, but the part that breaks in production is the paperwork around the candidate: the notice before screening, the alternative when someone opts out, and the explanation after an adverse decision. Here is the data model, the state machine and the queries.

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Retention and purge for a screening agent's records

September 9, 2026 · Reqmint

Logging every automated screening decision is the easy half. This walkthrough builds the other half: a retention table with a clock per record class, partitioned decision logs, legal holds that beat the purge job, and a purge that leaves proof it ran.

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Hidden instructions in resumes: hardening a screening agent

September 9, 2026 · Reqmint

Candidates and resume-optimisation tools now paste white-on-white text into PDFs telling an AI screener to rate the applicant highly. Here is how to extract text so you can see it, strip and quarantine it, keep the model away from instructions, and log what you found.

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A credential expiry watchlist that stops billing gaps

September 9, 2026 · Reqmint

Expired licenses and lapsed certifications pull contractors off assignment mid-week. This walkthrough builds a credential watchlist: one table, a rules table for lead times, an escalation ladder, and the record you keep for the client audit.

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