Conducting Proper Background Checks

Eight out of ten resumes that come across your desk will be embellished if not contain outright lies.  A bad hiring decision can lead to costly mistakes by employees who are not qualified for the job, employees who may steal from your organization, or even negligent hiring claims from third parties.  These costs only increase when you end up having to terminate the employee just to have them sue you for wrongful termination. 

Background checks are important.  Yet, employers get so frustrated through the process.  Former employees give you no information except your candidate worked for them in a certain position.  Employers increasingly turn to other ways to get vital information about their candidates – social media searches and using outsiders to conduct background checks.  When employers use outside agencies, they must comply with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as it regulates how employers conduct pre-employment screening and investigations of current employees. The FCRA is full of potential landmines that can expose unwary employers to liability. In addition, at least 27 states have their own version of the FCRA.

This webinar will discuss the basic of Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for employers and how and why background checks and due diligence have become mission critical for employers.

In this program, you’ll learn how to:

• Costs of bad hiring decisions.
• Conducting proper background checks.
• Understanding negligent hiring cases
• Using social media to conduct background checks
• Basic operation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for employers.
• Impact of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff opinion letters.
• New cases and future trends.
• How to comply with the complex law known as FCRA

Who will Benefit:

• Human Resource Professionals
• Benefit Professionals 
• Managers 
• Supervisors 
• Training
• In-house counsel 
• Financial Officers
• CEOs

Susan Fahey Desmond

Susan Fahey Desmond is a partner with Jackson Lewis, LLP, which has offices in over 54 cities across the United States. She has been representing management in all aspects of labor in employment law since 1985. She is listed in Best Lawyers in America and has been named by Chamber USA as one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers for labor and employment law. She is also listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers and Louisiana Super Lawyers.