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- Employment Law Guide
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Illinois laws applicable to employers when interviewing and selecting prospective employees. It covers acceptable and unacceptable interview questions, laws restricting certain types of inquiries, and how antidiscrimination laws apply during the interview and selection process.
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- Employment Law Guide
Updated to reflect law regarding preemployment marijuana screening, effective January 1, 2020.
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- How To
This How To details the steps an employer should take to properly dispose of background check information.
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- How To
This How To details the steps an employer should take to conduct a background check on a current employee and address any results that are unfavorable to the employee.
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- Employment Law Guide
Updated to reflect the Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, effective August 30, 2019.
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- Letters and Forms
This form should be used by an employer to obtain parental consent prior to obtaining a background check from a third-party consumer reporting agency on a minor aged under 18 in order to comply with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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- Checklists
This checklist may be used by an employer to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act's requirements when engaging a third-party consumer reporting agency to conduct background checks.
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- Employment Law Guide
Updated to reflect law regarding inquiries with respect to sealed or expunged criminal records, effective July 1, 2019.
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- Letters and Forms
An employer may use this model Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) investigative consumer report disclosure form when engaging a third party consumer reporting agency (i.e., background checks service provider) to conduct investigative consumer reports (e.g., reference checks, employer verifications, etc.) in compliance with FCRA.
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- Letters and Forms
An employer may use this model background check disclosure form when engaging a third party consumer reporting agency (i.e., background checks service provider) to conduct investigative consumer reports (e.g., reference checks, employer verifications, etc.) in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).