HRRecruitingAlert.com » ‘Reckless hiring’ claim hits company hard

‘Reckless hiring’ claim hits company hard

August 14, 2008 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: Background checks, In This Week's E-Newsletter, Latest News & Views, Law

A pending lawsuit shows the dangers of background check mistakes.

A patient at an assisted living facility sued the company after being sexually assaulted by a newly hired employee.

It turned out that the employee had several pending criminal charges against him involving other incidents of sexual abuse. What’s more, the company conducted a background check and was aware of the charges but hired him anyway.

The plaintiff’s lawyers say that hiring the man and then failing to supervise him closely showed a “reckless disregard” for patients’ safety. The total price they’re asking the company to pay: $3.5 million.

The case is still pending, but things don’t look good for the employer.

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , ,

2 Responses to “‘Reckless hiring’ claim hits company hard”

  1. Lisa Says:

    The lead sentence in this article is misleading as written. In this instance, it appears that the background check did exactly what it was supposed to do — it identified pending criminal charges for this potential employee. The company made the mistake of ignoring that information. Background checks may not be perfect, but if a company fails to follow-up on the information provided, they deserve what they get.

Leave a Reply
























advertisement

Recent Popular Articles

Whitepapers




advertisement