APTMetrics' Expertise Featured in Program Series on Strengthening the Legal Defensibility of Criminal Background Check Practices
Employment litigation expert Dr. Kathleen Lundquist co-hosts free, four-part podcast series for the Society for Human Resource Management on best practices for reducing litigation risk to employers
DARIEN, Conn., Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- APTMetrics today announced a new podcast series that features a series of four conversations about employers' background screening practices between APTMetrics' President and CEO Kathleen Lundquist, Ph.D., and employment attorney David Fortney, a co-founder of D.C.-based Fortney & Scott, LLC. Produced by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), this series focuses on four areas:
- The current state of background checks, when you should investigate and what to do when something of concern is found in a candidate's past
- A strategy to ensure that background check practices won't land your organization in court
- How to evaluate the legal defensibility of an organization's background checking approach
- Recent court cases and regulations that affect how organizations screen employees
"Criminal background checks can give organizations the ability to safeguard customers and employees, avoid negligent hiring claims and protect company property. They can also have adverse impact in the hiring process," Lundquist said.
"It is critical that employers ensure that their criminal background check policies satisfy important business objectives and can withstand legal scrutiny," she said.
The series is available to national SHRM members as well as non-members here.
About APTMetrics
APTMetrics is the only global human resource consultancy building world-class, customized talent management solutions and nationally recognized for its employment class-action litigation support services. This combination ensures that the unique and customized talent management programs delivered are inclusive, fair, valid and legally defensible.
Founded in 1995, APTMetrics' multi-functional staff of more than 50 industrial-organizational psychologists, HR consultants, IT specialists and other experts, design practical solutions to achieve bottom-line, sustainable outcomes by utilizing evidence-based strategies to help clients connect to, assess, select, develop and retain top talent.
For more information visit www.APTMetrics.com.
Media contact: Susan Carnes, 203-655-7779, [email protected]
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