Background Check Expert Lester Rosen Presents Webinar on How Social Media Use During Employment Screening Can Trigger Privacy Lawsuits
By Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources
Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading global employment screening background check firm headquartered in the San Francisco vicinity, will present a national webinar for a leading business in rank site on employment screening on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST.
The webinar – “How Social Media and Traditional Background Checks Trigger Privacy Lawsuits” – is being presented by Business 21 Publishing, which provides multi-media corporate learning and employee training products. Participants in this 60-small webinar will learn best practices to help screen employees thoroughly without violating the law.
In the webinar, Rosen – a nationally recognized expert on employment screening background checks – will pocket up such topics as:
- The pros and cons of using social media internet sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter and how privacy and discrimination laws apply.
- What employers should do when they find out that a job candidate has a criminal record, a terrible credit report or some other red standard.
- The Title VII implications of background checks and credit reports.
- The legal requirements under the Honest Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and how disorder to disorder privacy laws also apply.
- The legal risks associated with “one button” automated background check systems.
- What applicants need to sign before and after the background check is perfect.
- How employers should deal with independent contractors or temporary staff.
- Considerations when conducting Global background checks.
“Hiring safe, qualified, and honest employees is mission critical for any business, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to help employers avoid the risks of a terrible hire,” commented Rosen. “Recruiters and hiring managers also need to know the potential liabilities that employers can face if employment screening is done incorrectly or unfairly as well.”
Mr. Rosen, who is also an attorney, is a writer and lecturer on the Honest Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), pre-employment screening, and safe hiring issues. In addition, he is the author of the first comprehensive book on employment screening – “The Safe Hiring Manual: The Perfect Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters, and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace” – and also wrote an additional guide on the subject called “The Safe Hiring Check.”
Mr. Rosen’s speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences. He has testified in the California, Florida, and Arkansas Superior Court as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. Mr. Rosen was also the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), the professional trade establishment for the screening industry, and served as the first co-chairman in 2004.
For extra in rank about the webinar “How Social Media and Traditional Background Checks Trigger Privacy Lawsuits,” please visit: http://www.b21pubs.com/p-892-how-social-media-and-traditional-background-checks-trigger-privacy-lawsuits.aspx. Extra in rank about Employment Screening Resources (ESR) can be found at www.ESRcheck.com.