Check and credit card options available.
Where
This is an online event.
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Cost
$75 - per person
Includes highly informative, easy to use handout materials to keep and use as a reference source for best practices.
Contact
Chrissy BegganWessels Sherman
952-746-1700
chbeggan@wesselssherman.com
Continuing Education Program Learning Objectives:
This event is designed for Management Representatives, Human Resource professionals, Accounting professionals and Supervisors of all levels. Attendees will gain an understanding of how background check policies and procedures result in class action claims and liability exposure, as well as best practices and tips on avoiding these issues.
Program Level/Prerequisites/Preparation:
- This program is considered a basic or introductory level program, with no prerequisites or advanced preparation required.
- This program is considered a "Group-Internet-Based" offering.
- An internet connection and telephone line are required for participation.
- For information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact Chrissy Beggan at 952.746.1700.
WEBINAR: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
The Greatest Legal Risks of Hiring/Onboarding in 2015: Do Your On-line Job Applications, Background Check Policies and Procedures Make You a Target for Class Action Litigation or Government Agency Scrutiny?
Discover why background check policies and procedures are resulting in an unprecedented wave of class action claims and other litigation.
Join Wessels Sherman attorneys James Sherman and Chad Staul for this highly informative webinar focused on the Fair Credit Reporting Act as it applies to employers performing background checks and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s criminal background check guidance; and how both carry immediate and serious liability exposure. Specifically, we will discuss:
- How plaintiff lawyers are now using the FCRA’s technical requirements to create a growing trend of FCRA class action lawsuits
- FCRA nuances and how to avoid becoming a class action target
- The EEOC’s NEW guidelines on criminal background checks and what they mean to employers
- How some employers have successfully challenged the EEOC’s position on criminal records
- Best practices and tips
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This webinar is of course excellent for human resource professionals, attorneys and accountants alike, but also highly recommended to train managers and front line supervisors on the new nuances workplace law developments. Recruiters and anyone else involved in any aspect of hiring, onboarding, or applicant background checks would also benefit greatly from this training.Check and credit card options available.
Continuing Education
HUMAN RESOURCES: 
1.00 (General) HRCI Credit Approved.
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
ACCOUNTING:
1.00 CPE credit hour available.
Wessels Sherman is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.