# March 16, 2026

# INDUSTRY INSIGHTS REPORT

**What you're reading:** A weekly aggregation of legislation, regulatory updates, industry news, and emerging trends relevant to organizations building and maintaining trustworthy workforces.

Issue #001

## Workforce Trust & Safety

Real-world incidents and liability cases that illustrate what happens when workforce risk goes unmanaged negligent hiring verdicts, criminal incidents involving employees or contractors, and employer safety failures.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

On April 10, 2026, OSHA published an updated National Emphasis Program on outdoor and indoor heat-related hazards, effective immediately and set to run for five years. The revised program adds 22 new industries to OSHA's targeted enforcement list, bringing the total to 55 high-risk industries including construction, farming, manufacturing, retail, transportation, warehousing, and restaurants. The update replaces the prior NEP that expired April 8 and includes new citation guidance in an added appendix and a structured framework for OSHA inspectors to evaluate an employer's heat illness prevention program during inspections.

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)

## COMPLIANCE & EMPLOYMENT LAW

Federal and state employment law changes that affect hiring and workforce management covering EEO guidance, drug testing policy shifts, I-9/E-Verify updates, wage and hour developments, and fair chance legislation.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)

## Data Privacy & Tech in Hiring

Emerging regulation around AI hiring tools, algorithmic fairness, biometric data, and candidate privacy covering federal guidance rollbacks and the growing patchwork of state-level AI employment laws.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)

## Hiring & Employment Fraud

Emerging and evolving fraud targeting employers; synthetic identity fraud, deepfake interview candidates, credential misrepresentation, and coordinated fraud schemes — drawn from law enforcement, fraud research, and industry data.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)

## Labor Market & Workforce Trends

Macro hiring data and workforce behavior trends, jobs reports, quit rates, labor force participation, and hiring volume by sector that frame the environment organizations are hiring into.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)

## Background Screening & Verification

Legislative and regulatory updates affecting how employers collect, use, and act on background check information including FCRA changes, Ban-the-Box laws, adverse action requirements, and identity fraud in hiring.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)

## Industry-Specific Incidents

Vertical-specific news across Transportation, Healthcare, Childcare, Youth Sports, Food Service, Retail, Light Industrial, Education, and more including sector regulators like DOT/FMCSA and CMS.

### OSHA Issues Revised Heat Hazard Enforcement Program Targeting 55 Industries

Source: OSHA | [SEE FULL ARTICLE →](/content/sequential-screening/index.html)