Employee Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.
Webinar Description
Inadequately checking the background of a prospective employee seems to have as many hazards for employers as does performing an improper or illegal background check. Performing inadequate or no background checks can result in claims of negligent hiring and reckless endangerment, but the subjects of an “improper” background check also have their legal recourse under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, discrimination laws and invasion of privacy cases. It also appears that both the EEOC and OFCCP are on the side of employees when there are charges of an improper background check. This has left employers wondering just how much freedom they really do have to weed out unqualified workers before they are hired, and what constitutes a “proper” background check. Get any of this wrong and your company could wind up in “hot water” with the employee, the EEOC, and the courts. That’s why it’s crucial that you understand what you can do when comes to performing background checks and checking references.
Agenda
Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq., an HR attorney with 40 years of experience, will cover:
- EEOC and OFCCP guidance relating to performing background checks. Strategies for conducting background checks in the current legal environment.
- How the concept of reckless endangerment applies in situations where inadequate background checks are performed.
- The requirements associated with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
- Invasion of privacy, state social-media statutes and regs, ban the box laws, and other limits on background checking
- Whether routine background checks should include such areas as: drug and alcohol use, driving record, possible criminal record, and other sensitive areas.
- If you can rely on reference checks: how to maximize the reliable results.
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Logistics
- 90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
- Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
- Q&A session with the expert.
This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.
What is a webinar?
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What kind of equipment do I need?
You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone. You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.
How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?
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How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?
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