Audio Conferences

  July 8, 2008 at 02:00PM ET

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that 1 in every 32 adults has a criminal record. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that 30% of business failures are directly related to employee theft.

What you don't know about employees can hurt you. Just one bad hire can have significant financial and legal implications.

A report from ADP Screening and Selection Services has found that 44 percent of applicants lied about their work histories, 41 percent lied about their education, and 23 percent falsified credentials or licenses. And in another report, ResumeDoctor.com shows that 42.7 percent of résumés have significant inaccuracies.

But background checks do not come risk-free. Employers face millions in potential tort liability for negligent hiring if they fail to do a background check and an employee with a criminal past ends up assaulting or otherwise harming co-workers, customers, or members of the public.

As an employer, the central issue isn’t so much where information is found, but what you do with it once it is compiled. Register today for this IOMA audio conference and find out how to use background checks legally and appropriately—and gain confidence in your hiring and promoting decisions!

In just 90 minutes you’ll:

• Learn when a background check can and should be done
• Identify who is—and isn’t—an appropriate target for a background check
• Discover what you need to reveal to the applicant (before and after the background check is complete)
• Learn what the appropriate and legal search areas are
• Develop steps for exactly what to do if the check comes back positive for criminal, civil, or financial irregularities—and how to use that information properly
• Understand your access to items such as school records, credit reports, past employment, criminal records…and more!
• How to keep your business out of court by legally obtaining and utilizing criminal records and background information
• Understand the pros and cons of utilizing Facebook, Myspace, and other social networking sites and how privacy and discrimination laws apply

FEATURED FACULTY

Lester S. Rosen
Attorney at Law, Employment Screening Resources (ESR)

Mr. Rosen is an attorney and President of Employment Screening Resources (www.ESRcheck.com), a national background screening company located in California. ESR was rated as the top screening firm in the US in the first independent industry study. He is the author of The Safe Hiring Manual--Complete Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace. He is also a consultant, writer and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening and safe hiring issues. He has qualified and testified in the California and Arkansas Superior Courts as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. His speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences.