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3 Ways To Avoid Legal Traps In Candidate Screening

Peopletrail

How Can We Avoid Legal Traps in Candidate Screening ? Conducting a background check is perhaps the best way to make sure that you are hiring the right person for the right job. In 2012, Pepsi paid $3.13 In 2012, Pepsi paid $3.13 Screening Law Violations. million in a settlement.

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How Background Checks Can Land Your Business In Hot Water

Insperity

While background screenings can provide valuable insight on your applicants, it’s vital that these investigations and subsequent hiring decisions are handled with great care to comply with applicable laws and EEOC guidelines. Here’s a quick rundown of employment screening blunders you’ll want to avoid.

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Conducting Individualized Assessment as Part of the Adverse Action Process

Sterling Check

When a company uses a job candidate’s background information to deny employment, they must comply with federal and state laws that protect the applicant from discrimination. Adverse action is “an action that denies an individual or business, credit, employment, insurance or other benefits.

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How Resume & Employment Verification Protects Employers

Cisive

Resume fraud is a global problem that affects employers, the gig economy, and volunteer agencies whether they are screening in the U.S., screening people with history outside of the home country, or screening outside of the U.S. A recent incident of resume fraud in the U.K. When Inflating Facts Becomes Resume Fraud.

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London 2012 and corporate sponsorship ~ HR to HR 2.0 and. - HCM

Strategic HCM

Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Buy my book at Amazon. Buy my book at Amazon UK. Stop Checking the Box. Tuesday, 31 July 2012. London 2012 and corporate sponsorship. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. My website.

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Hiring Candidates with Criminal Records Isn’t Always Bad for Business

Insperity

In April of 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released new guidelines that recommended employers limit their use of arrest and conviction records in hiring, promotions and other employment decisions because it could be deemed discriminatory. Not necessarily. A lot can change between then and now.

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Disability Discrimination: I Can See Clearly Now, My Job Is Gone

HR Daily Advisor

Background. The MITRE Corporation is a nonprofit research and development organization that provides services to the federal government. In 2007, “Demetri” began working at MITRE’s New Jersey location as a midlevel simulation and modeling engineer supporting the U.S. The RIF wasn’t announced until April 17.