New Trends and Developments in the Hiring and Onboarding Process

When employers have a need to hire new talent, they are often focused primarily on finding the best candidate to integrate into the business. What many employers fail to realize is the numerous laws and legal requirements that affect the hiring and onboarding process which leaves employers susceptible to discrimination and other claims by prospective employees. 

In this course, Tannenbaum Helpern employment attorneys, Elizabeth E. Schlissel and Andrew P. Yacyshyn, will speak about the latest legal trends and developments sweeping the nation with respect to the hiring and onboarding process and best practices for compliance. They will address certain rules and requirements for conducting background checks, the questions employers should not ask job applicants, legislative trends impacting the hiring process, recent developments with respect to pre-employment drug testing, and more. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify what information employers should not request from prospective employees
2. Comply with disclosure and authorization requirements for conducting background checks for employment purposes
3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of pre-employment drug testing
4. Dissect the intricacies of the legal rules concerning the hiring of employees