IRS Form 1099, 1099-NEC, and Form 1099-MISC: Advanced Issues and Updates

Screening Unemployed Job Applicants: Pros and Cons to Consider (OnDemand Webinar)

$149.00

SKU: 410754EAU

Description

Better deal with the legal and practical issues involved with using employment history as a barometer for evaluating applicants.Many job applicants find themselves at a disadvantage if they are currently unemployed or have significant gaps in their employment history. Employers may be concerned that unemployment reflects poorly on an applicant’s ability or fitness for the job or may reflect poor past job performance. However, such an approach can also adversely impact workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own or left the workforce for legitimate reasons such as caring for children or family members or dealing with medical issues. In addition, exoffenders with prior criminal records may run into barriers as well. At the same time, with recordlow unemployment, businesses may find the need to look for new sources of labor, and overlooking unemployed applicants could mean they are missing an opportunity to locate additional talent.Learn how to better deal with the legal and practical issues involved with using employment history as a barometer for evaluating applicants and examining if they are artificially limiting the potential applicant pool. Employers need to consider if using employment history can be discriminatory by adversely impacting applicants based on gender, age, or medical condition. This material will focus on the employment of exoffenders who may have significant employment gaps caused by incarceration and will include a discussion of the EEOC Guidance on criminal records, Ban the Box and Fair Chance hiring laws, as well as studies showing that hiring exoffenders has been a successful strategy for numerous employers. This topic will also cover laws that prohibit hiring based on unemployment or advertising that current employment is a job requirement. This material also reviews if a long absence from the workforce results in a derogation of skills and solutions to that problem.

Date: 2023-06-28 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

What Is Unemployment Discrimination?
• Unemployment and Gaps in Employment
• Why Do Employers Care?

Have Unexplained Employment Gaps Become More Important Given the Increasing Restrictions on Using Criminal Records?
• What Is the Scope of the Problem?

Legal and Practical Reasons for Employers to Consider Hiring Unemployed Individuals
• Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers Can Form the Basis of a Discrimination Lawsuit
• Discrimination Specifically Banned in a Few Jurisdictions
• Given the Current Economy, Employers Need to Look at Labor Sources They May Have Previously Avoided

Do Workers Really Lose Skills or Knowledge Due to Absence From the Workforce?

Specific Discrimination Issue
• Does It Create Gender Discrimination or Age Discrimination?
• If Employment Lapses Caused by Medical Issues, Does That Violate Rights?

Dealing With Questions About Past Unemployment History in Interviews, Reference Checks, and Job Announcements

Specific Issue – Hiring Ex-Offenders
• How Criminal Records Have Become the New Scarlet Letter for Ex-Offenders
• Why Employment Opportunities Are the Best Way to Combat the High Societal Costs of Recidivism
• Why Ex-Offenders Represent a New Source of Labor for Some Employers and Industries
• Issues Associated With Criminal Records, Including Ban the Box, Fair Chance Hiring, and the EEOC Guidance of 2012
• Special Issue With Obtaining, Understanding, Evaluating, and Legally Using Criminal Records

ASA ,CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,HR Certification Institute ,SHRM ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.

Lester S. Rosen, Esq.-Employment Screening Resources® (ESR)

IRS Form 1099, 1099-NEC, and Form 1099-MISC: Advanced Issues and Updates

Screening Unemployed Job Applicants: Pros and Cons to Consider (OnDemand Webinar)

$209.00

SKU: 404303EAU

Description

Get the information needed to understand the legal issues associated and benefits associated with screening unemployed job applicants.
Many employers struggle to balance their need for information about potential applicants, given the high costs of even a single bad hire with understanding their legal obligations and the risks of using certain available tools to screen job applicants. Unemployed applicants pose unique issues and are more likely to bring a failure to hire discrimination claim. This topic empowers recruiters and HR professionals with the information needed to understand the legal issues, the benefits, and the attendant risks of the most common background screening tools and practices, with particular focus on consideration of unemployed applicants. Explore recent EEOC focus and emerging trends and best practices, along with the growing use of social media and internet tools. Given the growing number of failure to hire claims in today’s challenging job market, the increasing frequency of FCRA and EEOC actions related to hiring practices and applicant investigation, failing to understand how to properly use these tools can turn valuable candidate selection information into a source of significant legal exposure for your company.

Date: 2020-03-30 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

What Is Unemployment Discrimination?
• Unemployment and Gaps in Employment
• Why Do Employers Care?
• What Is Scope of Problem?

Legal and Practical Reasons for Employer to Consider Hiring Individuals Who Are Unemployed
• Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers Can Form the Basis of a Discrimination Lawsuit
• Discrimination Specifically Banned in a Few Jurisdictions
• Given the Current Economy, Employers Need to Look at Labor Sources They May Have Previously Avoided

Specific Discrimination Issue
• Does It Create Gender Discrimination or Age Discrimination?
• If Employment Lapses Caused by Medical Issue, Does That Violate Rights?

Dealing With Questions About Past Unemployment History in Interviews, Reference Checks and Job Announcements

Specific Issue – Hiring Ex-Offenders
• How Criminal Records Have Become the New Scarlet Letter for Ex-Offenders
• Why Employment Opportunities Are the Best Way to Combat the High Societal Costs of Recidivism
• Why Ex-Offenders Represent a New Source of Labor for Some Employers and Industries
• Issues Associated With Criminal Records, Including Ban the Box, Fair Chance Hiring, and the EEOC Guidance of 2012
• Special Issue With Obtaining, Understanding, Evaluating and Legally Using Criminal Records

CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.

Lester S. Rosen, Esq.-Employment Screening Resources® (ESR)