Tag: Background checks

Background Check Program Upheld as Reasonable Exercise of Management Rights

By Hadiya Roderique Aug 2, 2010 Northern Exposure

Updated: Aug 2, 2010

By Hadiya Roderique In Canada, pre-employment background checks are generally permissible. With some exceptions in some provinces, these checks can include information about a candidate’s employment history, education, credit, fingerprints, and criminal record. Though Canadian employers can generally conduct such checks on potential or current employees if they have their consent, the legitimacy and permissibility […]

Appalling Reference Issue HR Pros Should Watch Out For

By Massachusetts Employment Law Letter Dec 11, 2009 HR Hero Line

Updated: Dec 11, 2009

by Michael B. Leahy Recently, our colleagues in California brought a shady — and possibly criminal — Web-based reference service to our attention. What we saw shocked us. HR Guide to Employment Law: A practical compliance reference manual covering 14 topics, including hiring Every excuse in the book! CareerExcuse.com supplies fraudulent job references to employers […]

Employee Fraud: Warning Signs, Deterring and Responding to It

By West Virginia Employment Law Letter Oct 16, 2009 HR Hero Line

Updated: Oct 16, 2009

These days it seems like you can’t pick up a newspaper or log on to the Internet without reading another story about multimillion-dollar fraud. Just when we thought we’d heard the last of Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, along comes Bernie Madoff. But fraud isn’t a problem only for Fortune 100 companies and millionaire investors. It […]

The Facebook Generation: Social Networking and the Hiring Process

By West Virginia Employment Law Letter Feb 13, 2009 HR Hero Line

Updated: Feb 13, 2009

Imagine that you’re a hiring representative for your employer (in this case, a Burger King restaurant), and you’ve just discovered how to use MySpace. You decide to check the profiles of the employees who work the midnight shift. While perusing one employee’s profile, you notice a link to a video. As you click on it, […]

Understanding the Power of Employment Waivers

By Arizona Employment Law Letter Feb 22, 2008 HR Hero Line

Updated: Feb 22, 2008

by Jonathan Hauer Some people are just plain trouble. Take me, for instance. I was born with two left feet and 10 thumbs. I make a bull in a china shop look graceful. I am, if you didn’t catch my oh-so-subtle hints, clumsy. You can tell this just by looking at me — and the […]

Employees Hold the Key to Employers’ Data Security

By Colorado Employment Law Letter Feb 15, 2008 HR Hero Line

Updated: Feb 15, 2008

by Mark Wiletsky It has become almost commonplace to hear that a government agency or private corporation has been the victim of a data security breach. As a result, hundreds of customers’ or employees’ personal data is at risk of being used for criminal purposes such as identity theft. Approximately 70 percent of those breaches […]