Good Morning Todd, Below is our Criminal Background and Credit Record Check policy.
Criminal Background and Credit Record Checks Defined A criminal background check (CBC) discloses whether an individual has a history of criminal activity. A credit report provides information on an individual's history of credit-related activity, including current and previous debts, payments, and other relevant information. Criminal background checks and credit reports will be used to verify that applicants for employment at Wake Technical Community College are qualified for employment. Policy To maintain a safe work environment, Wake Technical Community College will conduct criminal background checks on all candidates recommended for employment who are not currently employed by the College. In addition to criminal background checks, credit reports will be obtained for those candidates seeking positions that include access to cash, checks, credit card transactions, or bank account information. Procedures As part of the application process, the applicant will be required to sign a form authorizing a criminal background check and credit report; failure to do so will result in the application being denied. If an applicant for employment omits information or gives false or misleading information about his or her criminal history on any application-related document, that applicant may not be offered employment. If an applicant who has omitted information or given false or misleading information about his or her criminal history has been hired or offered employment based on results of a background check or credit report, he or she will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, or the offer of employment will be withdrawn, as applicable. Current Wake Tech employees are not subject to criminal background checks. Should an employee have a lapse in employment for any amount of time, and the employee has not had an initial CBC, upon the employees rehire at the College, they are subject to a criminal background check. Should the employee experience another lapse in employment, the results of the previous background check will be valid for 18 months. The results of criminal convictions will be considered in hiring, dismissal, disciplinary, and other personnel decisions. If an applicant's or employee's history indicates that he or she poses a threat to the physical safety of students or personnel, or that he or she has demonstrated insufficient integrity, honesty, ethics, or other traits to fulfill his or her duties as an employee, the offer of employment will be withdrawn or the employment will be terminated. All employees are hired conditionally, pending review of the criminal background check or of the criminal background check and credit report. In the event that an adverse employment decision proposed or made by Wake Tech with respect to any applicant or employee is based in any part on the credit report received by the college, Wake Tech will provide a pre-adverse action disclosure and/or adverse action notification in accordance with the requirements of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. All credit reports received by Wake Tech on applicants or employees will be maintained in a secure location and disposed of within five (5) years of the date of receipt. Each employee is required to notify his or her immediate supervisor and the director of Human Resources within five (5) calendar days after any criminal arrest, indictment, charge, conviction, guilty plea, or plea of no contest, other than those relating to minor traffic violations. Any employee who is aware of any criminal arrest, indictment, charge, conviction, guilty plea, or plea of no contest of another employee, other than those relating to minor traffic violations, should notify the appropriate Human Resources representative. _______________________________ Rachel King, M.A. Policies and Procedures Manager, Legal Services Adjunct Instructor, Office Administration Wake Technical Community College 9101 Fayetteville Road Raleigh, NC 27603 919-866-5603 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] _______________________________ From: Kleine, Todd [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 12:06 PM Subject: HR Checks All, Good morning from Chicago! Is anyone willing to share policies on the following topics: * Reference Checks * Education Verifications * Criminal Background Checks Thanks! -Todd & Sara _____________________________________________________ Todd D. Kleine, PMP, CRM | Director of Records & Policy Management Adjunct Faculty, School of Accountancy & MIS - Driehaus College of Business 55 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 850 Chicago, IL 60604 * (312) 362-7126|6 (312) 362-6606 | * [email protected]|* rm.depaul.edu<http://rm.depaul.edu/> [smallogo] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and may be protected by the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act or other Federal/State laws. It is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, or use this e-mail, and do not disclose it to others. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). 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