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Fastpitch Headquarters would like to encourage all of their member teams and tournaments to conduct a background check on volunteers, employees, Board of Directors members, coaches, and any other persons, whether volunteer or hired, who provide regular service to the league, team or tournament, and/or who have repetitive access to, or contact with, players or youth volunteers. The purpose of these background checks is, first and foremost, to protect the children.
FPHQ has contracted with Backgroundchecks.com to provide our members with a special Internet site where you can conduct a US OneSEARCH. Nothing provides better instant coverage of the United States than US OneSEARCH. With one search, you can comb more than 245 million criminal records from counties, Department of Corrections (DOC), Administration of the Court (AOC) and state sex offender registries covering all 50 states and Washington, DC. US OneSEARCH provides the data you want, the quality you demand and the updates that ensure you get the best possible information.
Though most members would think that a limited search of Sex Offender Records from your state only would be sufficient, a US OneSEARCH may uncover violent criminals who could pose potential danger to players and associates. FPHQ encourages the use of this Internet database.
What is the Cost?
Members of Fastpitch Headquarters are able to instantly conduct the US OneSEARCH for a low, discounted price. Join FPHQ today for FREE and take advantage of our member rates.
Why Should You Conduct Background Checks?
If protecting the children is not enough reason for you, how about protecting your team or tournament against litigation and liability. Courts are increasingly holding employers liable for the violent acts of an employee or volunteer on grounds of negligent hiring. In making such a finding, a court must conclude that the employer violated its duty of reasonable care in the hiring of the employee or volunteer. Actions against an employer for negligent hiring will turn on the alleged breach of the duty of reasonable care owed by the employer to the injured party. There is a duty of reasonable care whenever there is a foreseeable risk of injury to others arising from the failure to take the necessary steps to prevent such injury.
Since the duty of reasonable care for children should be quite high because of the sensitive nature of this vulnerable group in our society, should an organization hire someone as a volunteer or employee who has a relevant criminal record somewhere in the United States and by doing so place the mantle of trust and authority on this person's shoulders, the organization is negligent. Should that volunteer or employee, who has a relevant criminal history, commit a crime against a child, the organization can be held legally liable and accountable for negligent hiring. An organization that has the responsibility for the safety and well-being of children has a duty of reasonable care that must preclude the hiring of volunteers or employees with relevant criminal records.
What Should You Do?
It is simple. Become a member of FPHQ and then set up your BackgroundChecks account. Then, have all of your volunteers and pertinent personnel fill out the appropriate affidavit and pay you the low, discounted fee for their background check. Then, go to your BackgroundChecks account and submit the names for background checks. You will receive instant feedback. It's easy to do, and it is an important "To Do"...for the kids!
Join FPHQ Now!! Membership is FREE!
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