October 26, 2009

5 Reasons to Solidify Your Employment Eligiblity Program Now

In the midst of increasing government crackdown on employers suspected of hiring illegal workers - from frequent workplace raids to steep fines and penalties - employers are finding themselves in the center of immigration reform and enforcement. Now more than ever, it's critical that organizations have an I-9 and employment eligibility management program in place that ensures compliance and effectively verifies employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S. Adding to the complexity for employers, is that as U.S. immigration reform contin...


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October 19, 2009

Negligent Hiring - The Million Dollar Mistake

One million dollars… What is it besides a lot of money for the average person? From 1992 to 2001, the average cost to settle a negligent hiring lawsuit was roughly one million dollars. And that is conservative. The highest award in the United States for a negligent hiring case was $26.5 million, a substantially higher number. So, what is negligent hiring and what can you do to protect your organization from it? Negligent hiring is defined as failure to use due care or action given the risk provided by the position being given. Though e...


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October 12, 2009

Reassessing the Background Screening Program

So... it's been a couple years since you set up the policies and guidelines of your employment screening program. Things are working well, you think, and then one day you find out that your office in Rochester has been skipping the criminal check for well over a year. You uncovered this fact after getting a call to investigate an individual with, to your surprise, a hat trick of violent incidents on their rap-sheet. Or in a modified scenario, the Rochester office was doing criminal checks, but this individual committed the crimes in a re...


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