Sleuthing 101: Background Checks and the Law
Los Angeles, CA, November 1, 2004 – New book provides
businesses critical information to conduct employment
background checks and comply with the law
It is a businesses’ worst nightmare: Finding out too late that
a convicted felon is on the payroll. Workplace violence, fraud,
theft and a host of other damaging incidents often result. In other
situations, employers apply haphazard and unlawful background
screening policies, opening their company up to lawsuits and
unnecessary headaches.
Barry Nadell, president of InfoLink Screening Services,
Inc., one of the nation’s leading employment background screening companies, is arming
business leaders and human resource professionals with the necessary information
to prevent these scenarios with the release of a new book,
Sleuthing 101: Background Checks and the Law.
Sleuthing 101 is an easy to understand reference guide providing
vital information employers need to know to legally perform background
screening. Designed for anyone involved in the hiring, reviewing and
interviewing of job applicants, it provides the most up-to-date information available
regarding screening laws, procedures, employment applications and hiring practices.
"No organization – whether large, small, public, private, or non profit –
should ever hire a new employee who has not been effectively screened," says
Nadell. "Negligent hiring has become much more than a potential legal
liability; Screening is often a matter of preventing or mitigating workplace violence,
major fraud and severe threats to business operations."
Sleuthing 101 answers critical questions employers face, including:
- Why should employers conduct employment background checks?
- What are the federal laws employers must know regarding background checks?
- What are the 7 free things employers can do to avoid making bad hiring decisions?
- What information is available to employers and how can it be obtained?
- How should a business begin the background screening process?
- How does effective background screening save companies money?
- What should employers know about temporary employees and background checks?
"The news is full of examples of workplace violence, companies hiring dangerous
individuals who move from job to job without anyone ever checking their
backgrounds, and companies which incur major damages from unknowingly hiring
dangerous felons," adds Nadell.
"The fact is, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are ways to prevent a bad
hire – even simple and free methods. Employers need to know the laws
surrounding the background screening process, and must implement basic steps
to protect their company."
Barry J. Nadell is president and co-founder of InfoLink Screening Services,
Inc., a national background screening company in its 11th year
servicing clients nationwide. Nadell is a widely recognized expert on
background screening and regularly speaks at national and regional conventions
for human resource and security-related associations. He has been interviewed
on over 100 radio talk shows and has appeared on national TV including ABC News
with Peter Jennings and the Bloomberg Report.
Sleuthing 101: Background Checks and the Law, is available for purchase at
www.greathire.com and online book retailers.
BOOK INFORMATION: Sleuthing 101: Background Checks and the Law
ISBN 0-9759372-0-0, 163 pages, $19.95
InfoLink Screening Services is a leading provider of employment background
checks, drug testing and physical exams. Thousands of companies nationwide,
from small businesses to Fortune 500's, rely on InfoLink's exceptional service,
fast turnaround, legal compliance and accurate reports. InfoLink's easy-to-use
web-based solution enables easy order entry, status tracking, hit notification
and secure archiving. Its drug screening and physical exam programs include a
nationwide network of thousands of collection sites and clinics, secure online
reporting and consolidated billing. InfoLink's comprehensive employee screening
services and seamless integration with Human Resource software increase
efficiency and enable businesses to Hire with Confidence™. For more
information, please call (800) 990-HIRE (4473) or visit
www.infolinkscreening.com.
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