Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process - What Every Employer Needs to Know - EEOC and FCRA

• OVERVIEW

This training program will discuss why it is in your interest to conduct a criminal background check, the EEOC’s position on criminal background checks, Ban the Box laws, and how they impact the hiring process.

• WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

Background checks, used correctly, are an invaluable tool for ensuring a safe, reliable workforce –and avoiding negligent hiring liability. At the same time, the use of criminal background checks in the hiring process is creating an increasing exposure to liability. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is aggressively pursuing this issue to ensure the practice does not have a disparate impact on minority applicants. Plaintiffs' class action attorneys are pursuing employers nationwide for failing to conform their background check process with the dictates and protections of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Finally, state and local governments continue to pass laws limiting how and when employers may inquire about applicants’ criminal histories and how they may use that information. This webinar will highlight lessons learned in the trenches, and offer insight into how to properly handle the sensitive use of criminal background check information.

• AREAS COVERED

 

• Why it is in your interest to conduct a criminal background check
• The EEOC position on criminal background checks
• Best practices for use of criminal background checks in the hiring process
• Step-by-step overview of FCRA requirements
• Discussion of Ban the Box laws and how they impact the hiring process

 

• WHO WILL BENEFIT?

 

• Hiring Managers
• HR Managers
• HR Executives
• Business Owners
• Recruiters
• HR Practitioners
• CEOs
• COOs and In-House Counsel
• Employment Attorneys
• Staffing Agency Professionals

 

• SPEAKER

Janette Levey Frisch has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law. Janette operates under this core belief: It is possible, and it is in an employer’s best interest, to proactively solve workforce challenges before they become problems before they result in lawsuits or steep fines caused by government audits.