Employee Background Checks On The Rise: Proceed With Caution
- Topics:
- Talent Management
- Tags:
- Employer,
- Gesmer Updegrove,
- Human Resources,
- Recruitment & Selection,
- Workforce Management,
- Workplace
- Source:
- Gesmer Updegrove
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Overview: In the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, employers, experiencing heightened safety concerns for their employees and their businesses, have flooded investigative companies with requests for employee background checks. A simple internet search shows a slew of companies ready to provide, at cyber speed and low cost, details of employees’ private lives, ranging from their credit status, to their criminal records, and even their neighbors’ opinions about them. In today’s atmosphere, employers feel a unique responsibility to maintain and ensure, to the extent reasonably possible, workplace safety. This involves an understanding of just who the company is hiring, which, in turn, is resulting in increases in background checks and other pre-employment inquiries by employers. At the same time, employers continue to have the responsibility to guard against unlawful workplace discrimination, indeed, to protect civil liberties. The obvious challenge is to harmonize these two responsibilities. An understanding of the pertinent laws is a first step in striking this balance.
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Format: PDF | Size: 107KB | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 5
