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Through employment screening, hiring managers can check for prior criminal behavior, verify employment records, test for substance abuse, obtain employment references, and much more. The net result is the ability to create a safer and more productive workforce that builds an organization’s competitive edge.  \nBut what happens when a background check yields information about a candidate that, if true, would cause the employer to deny employment to the individual? How does an employer handle such a situation in a fair and legally compliant manner? It wasn’t long ago that the challenge facing employers was how to hire all the workers they needed to fill demand for their products and services. Today the challenge has turned to knowing how to turn many desperate workers away – both legally and gracefully. Many times, an offer to one individual means saying no to many other often equally-qualified candidates.  \nToday’s economy brings with it a heightened risk for adverse action complaints. After all, if an individual makes it as far as becoming a finalist for your open position and is then denied the position due to information in a background report that individual may be disappointed or disgruntled enough to try to pursue legal avenues.  \nAs an employer, if your process isn’t “buttoned up” you face significant risks when it comes to defending against a complaint.  \nYour Adverse Action Duties:  \nEmployers face the prospect of an adverse action complaint when denying employment to an individual on the basis of a background check. As an employer, if you use employment screening to assess an individual’s suitability for employment and the process turns up information that would result in your decision not to hire the candidate; there are specific rules you must follow. Broadly defined, the Fair Credit Reporting Act says any decision that is adverse to the interests of the current or prospective employee is an adverse action. Employers who use outside employment screening services are bound by FCRA regulations concerning pre-adverse and adverse action notices.  \nIt’s important to remember that these requirements are designed to promote fair standards for denial of employment on the basis of a background report and are therefore both legally and morally the right thing to do.  \nAccording to the Federal Trade Commission, the Fair Credit Reporting Act is first and foremost designed to “protect the privacy of consumer report information and to guarantee that the information supplied by consumer reporting agencies is as accurate as possible.” In 1997 amendments were made to the FCRA that bolstered the legal obligations of employers who use consumer reports. These increased employer responsibilities centered on a concern that inaccurate or incomplete consumer reports could cause applicants to be denied jobs or cause employees to be denied promotions unjustly. The amendments require that employers make individuals aware that consumer reports (criminal background checks, credit checks, employment verifications, etc. ) may be used for employment purposes and they must agree to such use. Furthermore, the regulations state that individuals must be notified promptly if information found during the course of the background screening process (consumer report) may result in a negative employment decision.  \nYour duties under FCRA when using a third party consumer reporting agency, or background screening company, to conduct your employee background checks are as follows:  \n• Provide written notice and gain authorization. Before you order an employment background check on a particular candidate, that individual must be notified in writing and the individual must agree to the background check via written authorization.  \n• Provide a Pre-AdverseActionNotice. 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