Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process: the Escalating Risks

Please join us for a special webinar for clients and friends of Hunton & Williams LLP

Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process: the Escalating Risks

Complimentary Webinar

Thursday, January 16, 2014

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PT

(1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET)

Employers' use of criminal background checks in the hiring process is creating growing exposure to liability on several fronts. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is pursuing the issue aggressively as a centerpiece of its enforcement initiatives, asserting that the practice has a disparate impact on minority applicants, which violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiffs' class action attorneys are pursuing employers nationwide for failing to conform their background check process with the dictates and protections of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, a statute that imposes liability and penalties for certain administrative and ministerial missteps. Hunton & Williams has handled all varieties of these claims, and will provide a description of the exposures, lessons learned in the trenches, and thoughts on avoiding liability for the proper and important use of criminal background check information.

Applications for one hour of CLE credit pending with CA, NY, GA, VA, FL, NC and TX.

Credit not guaranteed.

Questions? Please contact Shannon Macey, email or 804.788.8392.