background checks

Patient Safety And Abuse Prevention Act Closer To Becoming Law

Jonathan Rosenfeld
September 12, 2008 11:25

Keeping criminals out of the nursing home industry is the intent of the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1577). The act became one step closer to becoming law this week when the Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed the aft this week. The Act would establish a nationwide...

Background check protects employer from negligent hiring claim

Jon Hyman
August 27, 2008 11:30

A claim of negligent hiring requires proof of five elements under Ohio law: the existence of an employment relationship; the employee's incompetence; the employer's actual or constructive knowledge of the employee's incompetence; the employer's act or omission causing the...

Health Care Worker Registry

Jonathan Rosenfeld
June 27, 2008 11:02

"No health care employer shall hire, employ, or retain any individual who has a disqualifying conviction or an administrative finding of abuse, neglect or theft pursuant to 42 CFR Section 483.13 and 225 ILCS 46/25" Ever wonder how you can check on the staff at a nursing home or a home...

IAPP Practical Privacy Series: Human Resources 2008

Nancy N. Delogu
June 07, 2008 00:37

Workplace privacy obligations continue to grow more burdensome for employers. As more information about workers becomes readily available, employers are often caught between a sense that failing to use that information may lead to negligent hiring and retention claims, and a fear that using or...

Accuracy of background checks poses potential problem for employers

Jon Hyman
June 02, 2008 12:00

Business Week magazine this week is running a story on the lack of accuracy in credit reports. The article claims that inaccuracies are a huge problem in the background checking industry, and gives a few heart-wrenching anecdotal examples to support the allegation. Dan Schwartz, at the Connecticut...