Find the most effective ways to perform a background check and what legal restrictions may apply.
An ever-increasing number of employers are recognizing the benefits of conducting background checks on current and prospective employees. While background checks can be an effective tool for weeding out questionable employees, legal limitations on how such checks can be performed (and how the resulting data discovered can be used) must be understood or, otherwise, an employer will find itself defending against its illegal actions. Review the kinds of background checks that can be conducted by employers, address the various legal restrictions (primarily under federal and state law) applicable to performing background checks, and the related limitations placed on how acquired background information can be legally used for the benefit of the employer. Much of these latter discussions will be focused on the guidelines for conducting criminal background checks issued by the EEOC and on the recent trend in many states of placing limits on when criminal background information can be obtained from candidates for employment through enacted Ban the Box laws. Finally, the increasing use of social media outlets to conduct background checks will also be examined, along with the potential legal risks and pitfalls of utilizing such media outlets to perform background checks.
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Faculty
Ralph R. Smith, 3rd, Esq.
Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
- Shareholder and co-chair of the Labor and Employment Department of the law firm of Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
- Concentrates practice in the areas of labor and employment law and complex commercial litigation
- Represents companies in all kinds of labor and employment-related litigation in the federal and state courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
- Regularly counsels clients on issues of compliance with both federal and state employment laws, including those that impact the area of employee background checks and dealing with arrested employees
- Lectures widely and frequently writes in the field of labor and employment law
- Served as an adjunct professor at The Widener University Graduate School of Business, teaching labor and employment law
- Member of the New Jersey Federal Bar Association; the New Jersey State Bar Association; the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; and the Camden County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Committee
- Former barrister instructor for the Camden County Inns of Court; former board member and legislative chair of the Society of Human Resource Management, Philadelphia Chapter; and a qualified mediator for the New Jersey Superior Court
- J.D. degree, cum laude, Temple University School of Law; B.A. degree, magna cum laude, Temple University
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 856-914-2079
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