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Third-party screening: weeding out the 'bad apples'.(News)(employee recruiting)

By Atkinson, William
Publication: Hotel & Motel Management
Date: Monday, December 13 2004

NATIONAL REPORT--The U.S. Department of Justice reports that one out of every 32 adults is a criminal, and that two-thirds of criminals end up being rearrested within three years after release from prison.

If you hire applicants with criminal records, you might end up in trouble because of a legal concept called "negligent hiring." This is an employer's obligation not to hire applicants whom they knew or should have known might undertake conduct against other individuals or otherwise subject employees or third parties to actions that can create legal liability. For exam

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