PreEmployment Screening

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Pre-Employment Screening
Gavin Love, WorleyParsonsGuy Underwood, RISQ
Group Pty Ltd
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Background of Standard

• First discussed in 1999
• Designed with Risk Management in mind
• reduce the risk of a potential security breach
• ensure the integrity credentials of personnel
• Initially met with some resistance
• privacy concerns
• failure to understand the underlying principles
• Resurrected in 2002
• involvement of risk management professionals
• changed environment September 11, corporate
  collapses

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Organisations involved in the development of the
Standard

• The following organisations were involved in the
  development of the Standard.
• ACTU
• Australian Human Resources Institute
• DEWAR
• Law Council of Australia
• University of NSW
• La Trobe University
• Recruitment and Consulting Services Association
• Batchelor Institute Of Indigenous Tertiary
  Education

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The target audience and the value the Standard
brings to the market

• Aimed at assisting organisations and the
  community at large
• Provision of correct financial advice
• Persons placed in a position of trust
• Part of the security regime
• A guideline for organisations to follow

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Objectives of the Standard

• This Standard has been developed to form a basis
  for industry or organisational specific screening
  policies and procedures.
• Thorough employment screening an important part
  of risk management
• Objective is to ensure the integrity, identity
  and credentials of personnel within an
  orgnisation and to provide assurance that people
  entrusted within an organisation are worthy of
  that trust

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Key elements/scope of the Standard

• Main Components
• Definitions
• Employment screening
• Records and documentation
• Personnel employed in screening
• Right of review

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Content of the Standard
Key Messages The Chief Executive Officer should
ensure that the organisation has in place an
effective process which provides for the
screening of all current and potential
employees. Employment screening should form part
of an organisations risk management strategy.
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Content of the Standard

• Key Messages
• A process, supported by an appropriate policy
  should be developed that provides for effective
  employment screening of entrusted persons
• before appointment
• upon promotion or change of employment
  circumstances and
• prior to the completion of the probationary
  period.

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Calls to action

• Need to verify
• IDENTITY
• CREDENTIALS
• INTEGRITY
• EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA SECURITY FORUM
19 JULY 2006