Whats the proper way to use password_verify with PDO?

I can't seem to get password_verify to work w/in my php PDO code. My pass field is stored as varchar(255). I've been reading similar questions, but from what I can tell I have it set up right. I must still be missing something. My registration page is as follows..

$user = $_POST['username']
$pass = $_POST['pass'];
$passH = password_hash($pass, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
$query = $con->prepare("INSERT INTO emps (user, pass) VALUES (?, ?)");
$query->execute([$user, $passH]);

An encrypted password is now successfully stored in my database.

My Login Page is as follows..

if(isset($_POST['login'])) {
  $username = $_POST['username'];
  $pass = trim($_POST['pass'];
  $passH = password_hash($pass, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
  $sel_user = $con->prepare("SELECT id, username, pass, gid FROM emps WHERE gid!=4 AND username=?");
  $sel_user->execute([$username]);
  $check_user=$sel_user->fetch();
  if(count($check_user)>0 && password_verify($passH, $check_user['pass'])) {
    $_SESSION['username']=$check_user['username'];
    header("Location: xadmin.php");
    exit;
  }
  else {
    echo "<script>alert('Not Found')</script>";

Body of Login Page..

<form action="login.php" method="post">
    <table width="100%" border="0">
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td bgcolor="#3B3B3B" height ="35" class="BodyTxtB" align="center">Administrator Login</td></tr>
            <tr height="20"><td></td></tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="BodyTxtB" align="center">Username</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="BodyTxtB" align="center"><input type="text" class="BodyTxtBC" name="username" required="required"/></td>
            </tr>
            <tr height="20"><td></td></tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="BodyTxtB" align="center">Password</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="BodyTxtB" align="center"><input type="password" class="BodyTxtBC" name="pass" required="required"/></td>
            </tr>
            <tr height="20"><td></td></tr>
            <tr height="35"><td align="center"><input type="image" src="images/btn_login.jpg" name="login" value="Login"/>
            <input type="hidden" name="login" value="Login" /></td></tr>
            <tr height="20"><td></td></tr>
         </tbody>
     </table>
   </form>

Can anyone spot any errors?

The arguments for password_verify() are (1) the unhashed password you want to check and (2) the hashed password you are using as a reference. You are hashing the first argument before comparing:

$pass = trim($_POST['pass'];
$passH = password_hash($pass, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
// ...
if(count($check_user)>0 && password_verify($passH, $check_user['pass'])) {

You should be doing password_verify($pass /** the unhashed one */, $check_user['pass'])

Also, trimming the password is a bad idea. What if the password actually includes whitespace (which you should allow it to do)?