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Report Link Does Your School Make the Grade in Conducting Background Checks?Fisher & Phillips, LLP - March 06, 2008 You've just admitted an adorable 5 year-old child to Kindergarten. The next day, you receive an anonymous message that the child's mother is on the state's sex-offender website. You check and confirm that the information is correct. How should a school handle this situation? Must you act? Is it enough to eliminate the parent from campus? What about the inevitable sleepover? Must you notify the school community of the parent's background?
As discussed below, there are no easy answers to these issues. The problem that schools face with more frequency today is how to determine which persons should be allowed to be on the school's campus, whether as an employee, contractor, or parent. In addition to complying with various state laws and accrediting guidelines that typically address employees and contractors, schools must increasingly ask: Should we require more information about our parents? If so, under what circumstances? And if we don't, what are the consequences? Report Link Best Practices in H.R.: Conducting New-Hire Background Checks.Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - June 29, 2006 No matter the size of your operation, hiring and retaining qualified - and honest - employees is critical. A recent study revealed that 36.5% of employment verifications revealed inconsistencies from what the applicant reported and that 14% provided false or inconsistent information about their education. Report Link Employee Privacy: New Rules Affecting Disposal of Background Check Information.Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. - July 14, 2005 For some years now, the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA) and parallel state laws, have restricted when and how an employer may conduct background checks on applicants and employees and how such information may be used. Generally, restrictions apply when the employer conducts background checks through an outside entity. Restrictions do not generally apply when an employer obtains information directly, such as by calling a school or university to verify that the applicant or employee did in fact attend and graduate. Notice and consent requirements must be followed when an employer decides not to hire an applicant or takes action against an employee based on the results of a background check. Report Link New FTC Rule Requires "Reasonable Measures" to Dispose of Consumer Information on Employees.Jackson Lewis LLP - May 20, 2005 New Federal Trade Commission regulations prompted by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 require employers obtaining consumer reports to "take reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information in connection with its disposal." Report Link Working with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.Employment Screening Resources - February 01, 2001 Discusses how the FCRA regulates internal pre-employment screening and investigation of current employees. Report Link Fact Sheet #16 : Employment Background Checks. A Jobseeker's Guide. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - January 01, 1999 General discussion of employer conducted background checks (from an employee-privacy perspective), including limits on information that an employer can collect. Report Link ERSCheck.comEmployment Screening Resources - (No Date) Employment background screening nationwide, with emphasis on legal compliance, Internet access, and professional HR assistance. Web site contains numerous educational articles, reports and resources on safe hiring. Rated as the top-screening firm in the US in first independent industry study by HR.com. Report Link Fact Sheet 16b: Small Business Owner’s Background Check Guide.Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - (No Date) Small business owners and large corporations alike know the value of good employees. But unlike large corporations, small business owners are often unable to absorb the risks and liability that may come from bad hiring decisions.
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ArticlesFound: 8 ArticlesNO SUBTOPICSEmployment Law Seminars
PREVENTING HARASSMENT AND OTHER EEO ISSUES AT WORK: IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPECT (AB1825 COMPLIANCE)
Sacramento
March 12, 2008 Shaw Valenza LLPUNDERSTANDING YOUR ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK (AB 1234 COMPLIANCE)Sacramento
May 13, 2008 Shaw Valenza LLPPreventing Wage/Hour Class Actions.Online
May 13, 2008 LittlerHOW TO CONDUCT EFFECTIVE INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONSSacramento
May 13, 2008 Shaw Valenza LLPHow to Stay Union FreeLas Vegas
2008-5-13 Jackson Lewis LLPConducting Effective Investigations of Employment Claims: Essential Skills for Internal InvestigatorsHouston
May 13, 2008 Littler2008 Public Sexual Harassment Training for supervisors and managers.Universal City
May 13, 2008 Ballard RosenbergSHRM Morris County Monthly Legal UpdateFlorham Park
2008-5-14 SHRM Morris County ChapterThe Connecticut Sexual and Other Harassment Education and Training in the Workplace ActHartford
2008-5-14 Jackson Lewis LLPDigital Dangers: Recent E-Discovery Developments and TrendsLas Vegas
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