Background Checks in California: Recently Passed Legislation, How to Legally Use Credit Inquires, and More

California Employer Resources Webinar

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
10:30 a.m. to Noon Pacific

Order Option       Price  
1. Live Conference       $219      
2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $299      
3. CD Recording Only       $219      

If you don’t already run background checks, you should. It’s an opportunity to investigate whether applicants have lied, stolen, cheated, been violent, or otherwise engaged in unacceptable behavior. It’s also a way to defend against a negligent hiring claim in the event you hire someone with a clean slate who later takes a turn for the dark side.

Fortunately, there are many tools you can legally use to conduct thorough background checks on your job applicants. But you need to know the legal parameters within which you can dig for dirt.

It’s also important to know the procedures to follow once you decide you aren’t going to hire someone because of the information you’ve uncovered -- missteps at this point in the game make you especially vulnerable to failure-to-hire bias claims.

Don't risk problem employees and discrimination claims -- conduct smart background checks to help ensure good, safe hires.

Participate in this interactive and timely webinar and learn::

  • The practical implications of A.B. 22 -- and the short list of circumstances when credit checks on applicants and employees may still be permissible in California
  • What you must do before conducting a credit check if an exception to the general rule barring the inquiry exists
  • The impact of S.B. 909, and the additional procedures required if you use a background firm that offshores any personal information for processing a background check
  • How to comply with numerous other “only in California” rules affecting the use of criminal records
  • Where federal law stands on performing credit checks and what you can do to stay on its good side
  • Which states currently limit the use of credit checks in employment
  • Upcoming legislation in the works regarding background and credit checks
  • Ins and outs of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • Legally sound ways to conduct internet searches on potential employees
  • How to use public records as an effective tool for conducting background checks and what you should be looking for
  • Limitations the law places on using information gleaned from applicants’ and employees’ behavior on social-networking sites
  • Types of background checks that are absolutely recommended for all employers
  • What tools you can use in-house to increase the chances of hiring safe and qualified employees, including the application, interview, and past employment check process
  • Technology's impact on background checks
  • How to prepare for new employment screening trends in 2012 and beyond

In just 90 minutes, you'll understand the legal dos and don'ts for conducting background checks on employees and job applicants. Register now for this informative event for HR professionals in California.

About your Speaker:

Lester S. Rosen, the founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources, is a consultant, writer, and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening and safe hiring issues. His speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences. He has qualified and testified in the California, Florida, and Arkansas Superior Court as an employment screening expert on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. In 2000, he testified as an expert on background screening on behalf of the plaintiff in a case where the jury awarded 9.3 million dollars to the family of a doctor murdered by a carpet cleaner who was hired without any background investigation.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). This program is also a California-specific continuing education activity for PHR-CA and SPHR-CA recertification. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

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