Kentucky Case Uncovers Holes in Background Checks for Nursing Home Employees
by Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Staff Writer A case against a Kentucky nursing home may reveal holes in laws meant to protect nursing home residents since the state only requires criminal background checks for employees caring directly for nursing home residents but not background checks for nursing home support staff like maintenance workers. According to a story [...]
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The Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Background Checks
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR (Originally Posted on Toolbox for HR) From the mailbox: Why shouldn’t employers simply do their own background checks in-house? They can hire people from the screening industry and can certainly figure it out. Answer: First, the fact that a firm may be able to set up an internal screening program does not [...]
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Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen to Present Session on Background Checks at SHRM Annual Conference
By ESR News Staff Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading employment screening firm headquartered in the San Francisco area, will present a session on background checks at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 30, 2010, in San Diego, California. The annual event – the world’s largest human resources conference [...]
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CAUSE Shows Background Checks Needed To Uncover Unsafe Service Employees Working In Homes
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer When a hired worker enters your home to perform a service that you requested, do you know to whom you are opening your door? So asks an article on HuffingtonPost.com – “Could You or a Loved One End Up Like Elizabeth Smart?” – that shows why background checks are needed to [...]
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New CO Law Gives Ex-Convicts More of a Chance to Find Jobs and Employers Less of a Chance of Liability from Negligent Hiring
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer A recent article in the Denver Business Journal reveals details about a little-known bill that may have a big impact on the business community in Colorado with regards to employer liability from negligent hiring. House Bill 10-1023 “Employer Liability Negligent Hiring” – recently signed into law by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter – [...]
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Defenses That Do and Do Not Work in Negligent Hiring Cases
If an employer is sued for negligent hiring on the basis that they hired someone that they either knew or in the exercise of reasonable care should have know was dangerous, unqualified, unfit or dishonest, and it was reasonably foreseeable that some of harm could occur, an employer can be sued for negligent hiring. That [...]
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