This provision does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against an employer, nor does it limit an employer's immunity from civil liabili
When you are making hiring decisions, you might need a bit more information than your applicants provide. Applicant privacy rights must be respected when conducting background checks.
This form notifies the prospective employee of the possible advers effects of listed background checks.
This checklist is designed to help you avoid mistakes in hiring employees. The procedures outlined can help you reduce the chance that hiring decisions could lead to allegations of mismanagement, unwanted negative publicity, and potentially unlimited liability.
The importance of applicant background checks and employment verification was made clear by a survey that revealed 8.3 percent of all job applicants have criminal records.
Before an employer decides to make inquiries concerning applicants' or employees' criminal records, there should be a careful review of federal and state law, i
Many hiring managers are turning to Internet searches to find out more about their current and potential employees.
More than half (57 percent) of HR professionals are somewhat or very concerned about workplace violence according to the Society for Human Resource Management's
As an HR professional, you are all too aware of the need to protect against workplace violence.
The Department of Public Safety must submit one set of the classifiable fingerprint cards of such employee to the identification division of the FBI with a requ
Job reference liability.— An employer who discloses information about the job performance of an employee or former employee to a prospective employer of the emp
Enforcement.— A court will award court costs, attorney fees and other related expenses to any party that prevails in any civil proceeding in which a violation o
Any person, firm, or corporation violating Colorado's job reference liability law is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, will be punished by a fine of
Any person or corporation or any officer or employee of any bureau or agency subject to Connecticut's job reference liability law who violates any of the law's