Abstract
Employers conduct pre-employment screening because of their duty to maintain a safe and secure working environment and to protect workers and the public from any harmful acts by employees. Pre-employment screening can filter out applicants with a potential to commit harmful acts. Background inquiries can improve productivity and reduce costs by filtering out job applicants with poor work habits and excessive absences. Negligent hiring is when an employer failed to discover an applicant's undesirable background at time of hire, and at a later time, the hired person caused harm. Legislation has been passed both to protect individuals' privacy and to allow disclosure of pertinent information to potential employers. Database searches can provide extensive information at low cost and are useful when the applicant has worked or lived in numerous places. Drug and alcohol testing is widely used to screen job applicants. There are also many paper-and-pencil tests used to screen potential employees.
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