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Background Checks & Regulations Employers Need to Know
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Summary
As an employer, you have a crucial role in ensuring the safety and security of your employees, customers, and assets. The employment process plays a vital part in fulfilling that responsibility, and you need to have all the information at hand to make effective hiring decisions.
However, with many employers cutting back on or even eliminating criminal background checks, it's more critical than ever to have a reliable, thorough, and compliant screening process. In our 90-minute, event you’ll learn the tools you need to assess potential new hires and ensure you’re not overlooking any red flags that could result in a negligent hiring scenario.
Join us to discover:
- Federal and state laws that apply to using criminal records in hiring decisions
- The role of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in conducting background checks
- Rules for employers with federal contracts asking about criminal history
- Compliance requirement when considering formerly incarcerated applicants for hire
- Best practices for conducting a comprehensive background check
Dos & Don’ts of Conducting Criminal Background Checks
- Types of Criminal Background Searches that put Employers at risk
- Process of conducting a criminal background check
- New regulations on criminal background checks in the Federal regulatory industry
- Regulations protecting formerly incarcerated individuals in the workplace
- Multi-state approach to criminal record searches
Compliance Requirements & Best Practices for Background Checks
- Importance of criminal background checks in avoiding negligent hiring
- States with Ban the Box mandated protections
- Proper requirements when rejecting a candidate after a background check
- Pitfalls of using social media in the screening process
- Multi-state approach to criminal record searches
- Why some employers are reducing or eliminating background checks
Question & Answer Session – Have your specific questions answered
Program Benefits
Join our 90-minute, compliance-based program to ensure that you're making the best hiring decisions and safeguarding your organization. Discover important requirements, employment laws, and best practices that apply to conducting background checks.
If you'd like this program customized for your organization, call us at 1-800-964-6033.
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