The ASA Legal Line monthly video series features a member of the association’s legal team and addresses critical legal, regulatory, and legislative topics that have direct implications for your business. In the latest installment, ASA general counsel Brittany Sakata highlights the legal trends around background checks and drug testing and the resources ASA has available to help you navigate these tricky legal issues.

Sakata also previews a session at the ASA Staffing Law Conference dedicated entirely to these two topics and to human resource best practices, “Getting to Know You: Why Are Background Checks and Drug Tests So Hard?” The takes place May 18–19 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. For more information and to register, go to staffinglawconference.net.

Watch the latest ASA Legal Line video, then join the conversation on ASA Central. The ASA Legal Line monthly video series is sponsored by Essential StaffCARE, an ASA corporate partner.

ASA Central—the dynamic online community just for staffing professionals—is home to more than 27,000 staffing professional profiles and countless ongoing industry conversations.

This week, take a look at your colleagues’ discussions and some of the blogs they’ve posted on ASA Central:

• Best practices for using automated texting in recruitment
• How recruiting is like a professional sports league draft
• Make a difference for the industry as a volunteer

Get involved with the community—update your profile today so you can network with colleagues, join a section community, recommend and comment on your colleagues’ posts, and share your own blog or discussion post. Log in to ASA Central now.