Does your background screening program include current employees? A comprehensive background screening program is ongoing, not a one-and-done deal.

1. How Long Are
Background Checks Good For?
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3. Who is Mike McCarty?
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4. The real question is…
How many of you are
nervous because:
 Have employees that
have never been
screened
 Employees were
screened with an
inadequate screening
program?

5. So How Long Are Background Checks
Good For?
 Background Checks are a
historical document once
they are completed.
 Report complete today-
applicant arrested tonight

6. What does this mean?
Background Screening is:
 Not a one and done
 An ongoing process
 A lot can change

7. Does this mean we should….
 Run a background check
every day?
 Maybe in a perfect world

8. What do the courts say?
Due Diligence:
“the attention & care made
by a prudent or
reasonable person to
avoid harm to another
person or their
property.”

9. Negligent Retention
If an employer becomes aware or
should have become aware of
problems with an employee
who demonstrated unfitness
& employer takes no
corrective action
(investigating, reassignment,
termination)

10. Recent Negligent Retention Case
Doe v. Roe School District
(CA)
 2 4th grade boys molested by
teacher
 Had been complaints about
teacher by students, staff and
parents
 School took no action (even gave
positive reference)
 $6.8 million judgment

11. Ongoing Screening Program….
 Demonstrates due
diligence
 Mitigates risk of
negligent retention
 Promotes a safe
workplace

12. Implementing Ongoing Screening
 No legal ruling for frequency
 2000 clients and averages
from 2- 5 years
 Law enforcement agencies
usually rescreen every 5 years
 IN Expanded CH statute
allows to charge employee
every 5 yrs

13. Case Study of SHS Client
 578 employees
 Sept. 2011 implement
ongoing screening
program
 42.21% hit ratio
 250 felonies
 489 misdemeanors
 22 employees terminated

14. Case Study
School District
 Inadvertently ordered
background check on
current employee
 Had been 1 yr since
pre-employment BGC
 Pending felony theft
 Employee had not
notified district

15. How do we get started?
 Policy change
 Define frequency
 Start with employees:
 Who have never had
background check;
 Employed longest
 Screen percentage per
month or year to create
ongoing matrix

16. How can we help?
 New screening alert
 Package selection
 ATS link

17. What are your stumbling blocks?
 Policy Change
 Resistance
 Financial

18. Questions?
 Send questions to Twitter: @SHSscreening
or Email me:
mike.mccarty@safehiringsolutions.com
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