Background Screening: What You Don't Know Can Hurt Your Organization

SHRM 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition
Workplace Application: You will learn what makes a background check truly comprehensive, what can be considered and how to avoid MANY legal compliancy problems.

Performing background checks is critical. You can improve applicant quality, reduce theft and violence, and protect yourself from negligent hiring. But not knowing what makes a good screen or the differences in data can make a background check useless. You also must keep up with changing regs regarding criminal records while there's no education. You will learn:

·         The real reasons you should perform employee background checks and the components of a truly comprehensive
          background check – what you need and what you don't. 

·         Where criminal records come from, what constitutes “good data” and the differences in manual county searches vs.
          online instant searches, and the dangers instant data poses. 

·         About “order review” and why it's important, fingerprinting (and why it's not), credit reports (can I run them?),
          and federal searches. 

·         Who regulates background screening and why, common compliancy problems and how to avoid them,
          including applicant authorization forms, adverse action, and what charges you can consider and for how long, including
         state and federal regulations.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 7:00am to 8:15am
Presenter: 

Debra Keller

Debra
Keller

Deb Keller is President & Chief Compliance Officer of Victig Background Checks, a nationally accredited background screening firm. She’s a national authority on background screening, regulatory compliance, the FCRA, the use of criminal records in employment and the EEOC Guidance.

She’s spoken at six Annual SHRM Conferences, recently completing consecutive sessions at SHRM21, SHRM22 and now SHRM23 as well as 35+ State SHRM and Employment Law Conferences.  

Deb has been quoted in SHRM magazine and the 2020 Complete Guide to Human Resources & the Law. Deb holds the PBSA Advanced Certification, designating advanced expertise in the FCRA and background screening.

Location: 
Convention Center: 145
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
SHRM PDCs
HR Credit
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Critical Evaluation
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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