This webinar on Do’s and Don’ts of Candidate Background Checks will show how you can perform a thorough applicant screening and background check. You will learn how to avoid legal landmines for failing to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Description
Why Should You Attend:

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers have an obligation under the General Duty Clause to keep employees safe in the workplace. The General Duty Clause also applies to keeping people safe from injury or workplace violence. Employers have a duty of care to employees and if any individual sustains injury or violence through the foreseeable acts of another employee, the employer has failed in that duty and could face a stiff fine, compensation claim, or claims of negligent hiring. In many states there are no caps on punitive damages for negligent hiring… What this means is that settling a claim of negligent hiring can be extremely costly to employers.

The most effective way to minimize the risks of negligent hiring is through performing a thorough applicant screening and background check! However, there are some definite “Do’s” and “Don’ts” in conducting background checks to ensure you don’t step on legal landmines for failing to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

A root cause of poor background checks, lack of FCRA compliance, and negligent hiring claims is high employee turnover. In work environments with high turnover, it can be challenging to handle the volume of applicants needed to fill open requisitions, and often employers “cut corners” to speed up the process to get new-hires onto the payroll (and working) more quickly. Although jobs must get filled-they must get filled with qualified applicants who don’t create legal risk for the organization.

In this informative Webinar, become an expert in how to minimize your risk of negligent hiring, comply with FCRA, and learn best practices for conducting proper applicant background checks so you avoid the legal landmines and hiring bad apples!

Learning Objectives:

Understand why background checks are a “Must Do” in the workplace today.
Learn the difference between a good, mediocre, and a bad background check process.
Identify the pros and cons of using social media as part of a background check.
Negligent Hiring: the dangers of failing to do proper background investigations on applicants.
Understand The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and how a “credit law” applies to the applicant screening process.
The FCRA and Taking Adverse Action—How to rescind an offer of employment when the background check comes back with an arrest or a conviction.
The EEOC Three-factor test when considering an applicant with a criminal history.
Learn what to do if you’ve already hired a “problem employee” who now has an anger management problem.
Who Will Benefit:

Supervisors and Managers
Business Owners
HR Professionals at all levels
Payroll/Timekeeping Administrators
Benefits/FMLA Administrators
Instructor Profile:

Natalie Ivey, MBA, SPHR, is President and CEO of Results Performance Consulting, Inc., www.rpchr.com. Ms. Ivey routinely consults with clients on HR compliance issues, leadership and employee performance issues, and organizational performance issues. Through her guidance and expertise, she has helped numerous organizations drive better organizational results while simultaneously minimizing risk of legal exposure.

Prior to founding her consulting practice, Ms. Ivey spent more than two decades in leadership roles with Fortune 500 organizations in HR management, Organization Development, and Operations Management. Ms. Ivey is an author and nationally known speaker and educator within the HR profession, and she’s known for her “tell-it-like-it-is”, direct approach to teaching HR programs. She is an entertaining and engaging instructor and always brings a wealth of knowledge and practical tips and techniques to her educational programs.