Handling Employees with Criminal Background

It happens more and more often: a background check on an applicant comes back with problems, or you find out after the fact that a new employee has a criminal history. What are the legal requirements, and what should you do?

Learning Objectives:

This audio conference focuses on some of the most-common background check challenges many hiring managers face, such as:

• Background comes back with an arrest, but not a conviction
• Does your state prohibit discrimination based on arrest records?
• A current employee tells you he's going to be "out for a while" because he has to do 90 days of jail time for his second DUI

You Also Will Learn About:

• The employer's "double-edged sword": Keeping the workplace safe by screening out bad hires vs. potentially discriminating against applicants
• Company policies and job descriptions: The keys to applicant screening
• Preemployment background checks: What you need to know to protect yourself from negligent hiring claims
• The FCRA and taking adverse action: How to rescind an offer of employment when a background check comes back with an arrest or a conviction
• How to avoid claims of disparate treatment and disparate impact
• The EEOC's "three-factor test" when considering an applicant with a criminal history
• Understanding how the EEOC views arrests vs. convictions
• Avoiding negligent retention: How to handle a current employee who is now in trouble with the law

Who Should Attend

• Senior HR Professionals
• HR Managers & Directors
• Attorneys
• HR Personnel
• Employee Relations Professionals

Natalie Ivey

Natalie Ivey, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is an HR consultant, professional speaker, author, and educator within the HR profession.  She has more than two decades of HR management experience with Fortune 500 organizations and in working as a trusted advisor and consultant to business leaders both in the U.S. and abroad.  She is the founder and CEO of Results Performance Consulting, Inc., an HR consulting practice that specializes in providing HR expertise and guidance to employers doing business in the U.S.  She also provides targeted, results-focused leadership and professional development training programs.  She routinely works with organizations to address destructive leadership behaviors and organization dysfunction.   She consults with employers and designs customized training programs to help employers correct poor behaviors, minimize legal exposure, and improve performance and profitability.

Ms. Ivey is the instructional designer/author of numerous HRCI accredited HR training programs that are marketed throughout the U.S.  and is also the author of the book:  How to Conduct Internal Investigations:  A Practical Guide for HR Professionals, which has received excellent reviews.  Her new book:  How to Keep HR from Being the Employee Complaint Department is due to be released in summer 2017.

Ms. Ivey is a dynamic and engaging speaker who is known for her sense of humor and "tell-it-like-it-is" direct approach to teaching HR education.  She is a frequent lecturer at university symposiums, is a guest speaker at SHRM conferences, and is a nationally known speaker who travels throughout the U.S. and abroad, speaking on a variety of topics to advance the HR profession.