In This Section: Negligent Hiring Practices
It cannot be stressed enough the importance of performing the correct comprehensive background screening for your company. If you or your company does not perform the proper screening on employees, your company may be in risk of financial ruin, which could cost you millions. A comprehensive background search performed by Affordable Searches can limit your liability.
The Financial Risks of Not Performing a Comprehensive Background Check on a prospective employee.
There is a growing body of case law (commonly referred to as Negligent Hiring Practices that holds companies responsible for the misdeeds of employees working on their premises or working elsewhere on the company's behalf who, based upon their prior history, could have been expected to act irresponsibly or illegally. Under this case law anyone injured by an employee's misdeeds would be in a position to collect damages from the company as a result of its negligent hiring practices. The company's only real defense in such a suit is to show that it used the “best available means” to perform a comprehensive background check as part of their employment screening practice prior to hiring. Furthermore, if the company has not performed a background check of an employee who causes damage or injury, the company's liability insurance may be voided.
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Background Checks Protect Your Family
Not all criminal background checks are
equal
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National Criminal Background Checks: Myths, Realities & Resources
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS INCOMPLETE FROM MSNBC
Myths and realities concerning National Searches
WHY REAL TIME COUNTY CRIMINAL RECORD SEARCHES ARE NECESSARY
Facts about State Criminal Repositories...And Why County Criminal Record Searches are Necessary
Criminal Record Searches
County Criminal Conviction Search - A search for criminal convictions at the appropriate state (county) court adjudicating crimes against a state’s criminal code. This search will reveal all felony convictions as well as felony charges reduced to misdemeanor charges thus resulting in misdemeanor convictions. Courts are searched directly at the source via in person, the court’s Internet web site, or direct connection into the court’s index.
Federal Criminal Conviction Search - A search for criminal convictions at the appropriate federal district court adjudicating crimes against the United States Code. Courts are searched directly at the source via in person, the court’s Internet web site, or direct connection into the court’s index.
National Criminal Database Search – A search of multi-geographical, aggregate criminal databases.
State Criminal Database Search – A search of any number of criminal databases available in a particular state. Databases range from state department of corrections databases to proprietary criminal databases built by private entities.
State Repository Criminal History Search – A search of a state’s official criminal repository managed by a State Agency. Not available in all states.
Sexual Offender Database Search – A search of any number of sexual offender databases or registries. Databases may be national, state or local in scope and provided by both private and public governmental entities