Employee screening raises host of issues

摘要

I have been asked by clients about what exposure they have if they hire a person who will go into customers' homes without checking to find out that he was convicted of child molestation, or into a credit card facility without checking to find out that he was convicted of computer hacking. I have to tell my contractors that if a lawsuit were ever filed arising out of injury or damage by such an employee, the employer could expect to be asked, "What screening did you do before employing this person, or assigning this person to this project?" If the plaintiff in the lawsuit could establish that the employer was negligent in hiring or assigning the employee, there could be liability.