Virginia (VA) Pre-Employment Screening

Employment Screening In Virginia

National Employment Screening provides professional pre employment screening services to employers in Virginia to help you protect your employees and clients from the costly effects of making a "Bad Hire."

Call anytime to get more information about our Virginia Employment screening and employee background check services at 800.459.3034.

We serve Richmond, Roanoke, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, New Port News, Alexandria and other Virginia cities.

Virginia employment screening law: Giving employment references in Virginia

An employer truthfully disclosing information regarding professional conduct, reasons for separating, or job performance, including information included in job evaluations, is immune to civil liability so long as the employer is not acting in bad faith. An employer disclosing job performance information to a prospective employer is presumed to be acting in good faith, although the presumption of good faith may be rebutted by showing that the information disclosed was knowingly false, disclosed with reckless disregard for the truth, deliberately misleading, or rendered with a malicious purpose. Information is defined by the statute to include facts, data and opinions. Job performance is defined by stature to include ability, promotions, productivity and disciplinary actions. Professional conduct is defined to include the ethical standards that govern the employee’s profession or lawful conduct that is expected of the employee. (VA §8.01-46.1) .

Virginia employment screening law: At Will Employment screening Law in Virginia

Virginia law follows an "employment-at-will" doctrine. At-will employees may be terminated for any reason, so long as it is not illegal. Generally, employees who work under an employment contract can only be terminated for reasons specified in the contract. However, in Virginia, the mere fact that an employment contract is in writing is not sufficient to overcome the presumption that the employment is at-will. To overcome this presumption, an employment contract must directly limit, in a meaningful and special way, the employer's right to terminate the employee without cause. In other words, the employer has to unequivocally indicate that it will not terminate the employee except under specific circumstances.

Please note that Federal employment screening law mandates background checks for employees who are engaged in particular industries. The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services maintains a list of individuals who are excluded from participation in any of its federally-funded healthcare programs. Exclusions are due to convictions for program-related fraud and patient abuse, licensing board actions and default on health education assistance loans. Therefore, employers in affected industries should check the OIG Exclusion list before hiring employees who might work in such programs. The FACIS program is also very important when screening medical personnel. Click Here for more information on FACIS.

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