Background checks policy posted for campus comment

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Background Checks – Significantly Revised; Comments due March 7, 2017

University of North Dakota (UND) Human Resources conducts background checks on faculty, staff, and student employees hired for positions as required and indicated in this document. Background checks are verification of credentials and other information about prospective candidates for employment, current employees, affiliates, or volunteers, and a step in making a well-informed hiring decision. At UND, such verification may include any or all of the following: criminal history records check, criminal history check, sex offender registry check, employment verification, license and/or certification verification, and/or academic credential verification. Background checks are conducted at the expense of the hiring department.

This policy is being revised. Due to the nature of the revisions, it is required to go through the standard campus-wide review process. At the request of Human Resources, the policy was revised to:

1. Change name of policy to Background Checks
2. Add affiliates to those required to have a background check
3. Update definition of new hire based on change in NDUS policy
4. Add affiliates, background check, contract employees, volunteers and independent contractors to Definitions
5. Clarify the entity responsible for costs associated with conducting background checks in Policy Statement
6. Add NDUS procedure 511 to Related Information
7. Change name of and clarified content in Procedures: Criminal History Records Check, Criminal History Check and Sex Offender Registry Check
8. Add Procedures: Employment Verification
9. Add Procedures: License or Certification Verification
10. Add Procedures: Academic Credentials Verification

Contact Human Resources (777-4226), if you have questions or submit your comment.