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Checking Education Records

Educational credentials are frequently misrepresented on resumes and job applications, because many employers don't check educational references. It's important to do it, though, to make sure that the applicant has the qualifications and background you want.

Common problems are the applicants' saying that they have a degree that they don't have, saying that they graduated from a particular school when they may have only attended it for a short time, or saying that they have a degree in one field when they really have a degree in another field.
Checking Driving Records

If your job opening requires any driving of a vehicle on company business, the applicant's driving record should be checked. By checking with the motor vehicles department, you'll not only get information about the applicant's driving record, but you can use it as a chance to verify the applicant's identity.

Where do you get driving records? Driving record information is available from a state's Department of Motor Vehicles. Generally, they keep records of:

    * all traffic violations
    * driving-related offenses
    * identifying information contained on the license

What information do I need to provide? Usually, the DMV will ask for:

    * full name
    * date of birth
    * address
    * license number

Be aware that sometimes the DMV will charge you for checking these records. The cost can range anywhere from $2.00 to $10.00 or more per record. Your DMV may require that you complete a certain form for the request. Before you send a request for a record, call your DMV to find out what is required.

How can I use driving records? While it may not matter that an applicant had a speeding ticket, a driving record check can reveal other more serious offenses. If an applicant's license is suspended or expired, how can that applicant legally perform a job that requires driving?

 
Checking Criminal Records

 
You'll need to protect your business from liability by doing criminal background checks on applicants who will:

    * be bonded because of access to money or valuables
    * carry a weapon
    * drive a company vehicle
    * have access to drugs or explosives
    * have access to master keys
    * have a great deal of contact with the public, patients, or children
    * be filling a position that requires a criminal record check under state law

 
Checking criminal records is a sensitive issue.

    * There are legal restrictions under federal law and under many state laws as well.
    * Checking conviction records is generally permitted.
    * Checking arrest records is generally not permitted, except for special circumstances.
    * Our case study illustrates the reasoning courts may follow when evaluating whether a denial of employment based on criminal records was proper.

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Your company can be legally liable for negligent hiring if you fail to uncover a job applicant's incompetence or unfitness by checking their references, criminal records, or general background. You can be sued for negligent hiring for failure to become aware of an employee's unfitness for a particular position, or for subsequent failure to take any corrective action, such as training, reassignment, or discharge, to remedy the problem once you find out about it.

Particularly if you have employees who have or will have significant contact with the public, customers, patients, or children, you'll want to investigate these topics:

• What is negligent hiring?
• How can you avoid negligent hiring claims?

In order for a customer, employee, or other third party to prevail in a negligent hiring suit against an employer, the following must generally be shown:

• the existence of an employment relationship between the employer and the worker
• the employee's unfitness
• the employer's actual or constructive knowledge of the employee's unfitness (failure to investigate can lead to a finding of constructive knowledge)
• the employee's act or omission causing the third party's injuries
• the employer's negligence in hiring the employee as the most likely cause of the plaintiff's injuries

If you are ever served with a negligent hiring lawsuit, the first step you should take is to call your lawyer. In fact, that's the first step you should take any time you receive legal papers. But it's especially important when you're sued to call a lawyer immediately because you have a certain number of days to file an answer to the lawsuit. The number of days that you have will vary depending upon where the suit was filed, but you could have as little as two weeks to respond.

If you are served with legal documents and you don't have a lawyer, you should find one right away. Once you have a lawyer, he or she can tell you more about your chances for winning or losing the lawsuit.

Reasonable investigation duty. You have a duty to make a reasonable investigation of an applicant's fitness before hiring. The extent of the duty may vary with the circumstances.

You can be held liable if:

• You didn't do a background check.
• You hired an employee you should have known (through proper checking) was incompetent or unfit.

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For an employer it is very important for all their undertakings to conduct related investigation first before making decisions. It is better to do a background check in the beginning than to be loser in the end. It is always necessary to check on the different documents that they are presenting to you. Sometimes applicants tend to use false document to be hire in a particular position in a company. You may double check on their identification card, social security number and other important document if they are genuine. This person thinks that there is no way of tracing their real identity. What they do not know is that background check is already part of the standard procedure in hiring potential applicant. In this way, you can discover all the dark side of that particular person. Of course, nobody will disclose the entire tough secret that they have especially if they had been convicted of crime in the past.

There are different free public criminal records wherein you can get other information that you can use in the course of your research. In using free website search online you will be provided with just the name, address, weight, height, birth date, and other criminal record that are very basic and useless for your search. Sometimes when the search is running, you will find no result about the social security number of the person. These are just some of the basic information that a person have, but if you need to have intense information it is not proper to use this free websites for it will not provide anything useful.

The Truth About Free Criminal Records Search Site

For those people who are in the business world and need in-depth information try to use a paid company that will provide you important information that is useful to your search. These paid companies maintain huge database for them store all-important information that are useful for their client. These paid criminal records search company are spending big amount of money to get access on the different sources of records like those cell phone number. Cell phone companies are collecting payment in order to get access on their records. Paid companies can provide you details about the social security number of that person. Now, your small amount is worth for the information that they will disclosed to you.

Now everything have an easy way what else are you waiting for, conduct your own criminal record search. It is better to do some background check in order to be sure for your safety. This will help you to gain peace of mind.

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