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Update on New Laws Affecting Massachusetts Employers
Important Legislative Changes to Background Checks

A North Shore Chamber HR Employer Workshop will be held from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16 at the North Shore Chamber of Commerce Boardroom, 5 Cherry Hill Drive, Suite 100, Danvers.
Important Legislative Changes to Background Checks Presented by Mo Levasseur, principal, Profile Research Inc.
Background checks continue to be an important tool aimed at uncovering facts that may help avoid a “bad hire” and to protect the safety of employees, members and guests. With technology advances over the past decade, employers conducting background checks have an ever increasing wealth of information, often times overwhelming, outdated and incorrect. Learn the new Laws and how to properly navigate the new landscape of Massachusetts employee management.
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Topics Include:
- New Laws: Develop awareness of what a Business can and cannot do
- Understand the importance of conducting background checks for certain jobs
- Protect the safety of employees, members and guests
- Recognize the legal limits on background checks
- Protect your Company’s Digital Files and Data from Identity Theft
- Reduce Risk of a Negligent Hire & Staff Turnover
- Find Candidates, Verify Education, Employment & Criminal Records
- Balance an applicant’s right to privacy with the company’s need to know
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