Are you prepared to pay millions of dollars for negligent hiring? It may sound far-fetched but a negligent hiring lawsuit against a trucking firm in Illinois in 2019 resulted in a $54 million payout after a trucker with a highly dubious driving record crashed into a Jeep, seriously injuring the other driver, by driving the

Employers in the US have to conduct individualized assessments of any candidates found to have a criminal record during the application process. Here we’ll outline guidelines from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for assessing individual candidates. We’ll also give you some tips on how to implement your own in-house individualized assessment protocol to ensure