A confidential seven figure settlement has been obtained in a sexual battery and negligent hiring case against a church and its senior pastor for the rape of a 16-year-old female parishioner by the church’s music minister who had a prior criminal conviction for a sex offense against a minor, according to a press release from the Irvine, California litigation firm of Brown & Charbonneau, LLP. The press release is available at http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/5/prweb10761878.htm. (more…)

To help Human Resources professionals understand the importance of due diligence background checks, Attorney Lester Rosen – Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) – will present a session titled ‘Negligent Hiring Mock Trial: HR in the Hot Seat’ at the HR West® 2013 Conference on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The session takes place from 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM at the Oakland Convention Center in Oakland, California. For more information, visit http://www.hrwest.org/. (more…)

Nearly seven in ten businesses were affected by a “bad hire” of a worker in the past year and nearly one in four employers reported a bad hire cost them more than $50,000, according to a CareerBuilder survey of nearly 2,500 hiring managers and human resource professionals that shows the cost of incorrectly choosing a new employee can be high. More information about the survey can be found at: http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?sd=12/13/2012&sc_cmp1=cb_pr730_&siteid=cbpr&id=pr730&ed=12/31/2012. (more…)

Attorney Lester S. Rosen, Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present an interactive webinar for Thompson Media Group, ‘Avoiding Negligent Hiring with Background Checks,’ on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST. To learn more about the webinar, which has been pre-approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), please visit http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=001665EM&priority=00295706380. (more…)

Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will speak about ‘Negligent Hiring and Background Checks – Best Practices and Legal Compliance’ at the fifth annual ADOMA (Auto Dealers Office Management Association) Mini Conference “Driving Straight to Success!” on October 27, 2012 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST at the Automotive Partners Building in Cerritos, California. For more information about the conference, visit: http://adoma.org/upcoming-events/. (more…)