Proceed With Caution: Legalities of Pre-Employment Screening March 11, 2011

To avoid bad hiring decisions, employers have increasingly turned to pre-employment background screening as a risk management tool. No screening program can be conducted without a full understanding of a number of laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, discrimination and privacy law and the ADA. The challenge is even greater in California that has its own special rules.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of federal and California laws surrounding pre-employment screening and investigation of current employees, and discover how to:

Legally implement the process of pre-employment screening and background checks on prospective employees;

Describe how discrimination and EEO considerations impact screening tools such as credit reports, criminal records and social network sites;

Audit your current practices for legal compliance under California law and Fair Credit Reporting Act.

About the Presenter
Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law and President of Employment Screening Resources--www.ESRcheck.com--a national background screening company located in California. He is the author of, The Safe Hiring Manual--Complete Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace --the first comprehensive book on employment screening. He is also a consultant, writer and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening and safe hiring issues.

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