Mary Poquette
Board of Directors, National Association of Professional Background Screeners
Chief Compliance Officer, Verifications, Inc.

      Ultimately the compliance and ethics rests with the people of an organization, and under Sarbanes-Oxley, corporations and their leaders are responsible for “internal controls.” Screening and qualifying new employees is a fundamental internal control. Learn how to design and operate a legally compliant employment screening program that includes state, federal, and international laws and regulations. Also learn:

• Why screening is important to protect a corporation legally and financially, as well as its reputation
• The privacy, confidentiality and legal protections provided to applicants and employees of the corporation
• About state, federal, and international laws and regulations which impact screening programs, and how such laws and regulations interact
• The basic requirements of a legally compliant employment screening program
• The key concepts of employment screening, including job relatedness, defensibility, and internal versus external screening