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Stop Workplace Fraud with Periodic Background Re-screening

No matter the industry or the company size, your organization is vulnerable to fraud in its many forms – embezzlement, forgery, inventory theft, computer crime, and more. The financial and emotional impact on your business can be devastating. The best way to stop workplace fraud is through a strong prevention program. This involves: Understanding areas of […]

Should Employers Conduct Background Checks on Current Employees?

Although an employee may have a clean background check when hired, anything can happen over the coming years. Therefore, some businesses consider re-screening current employees as a way to demonstrate due diligence.   When to Screen Current Employees   For some companies, screening current employees ensures legal and regulatory compliance or, in some instances, can uncover negative […]

Use Background Screening as a Risk Management Tool

To avoid bad hiring decisions, employers have increasingly turned to background screening as a risk management tool.   Many see it as a critical factor for protecting coworkers, customers, patients, vendors, and anyone that may interact with employees, especially in sensitive settings such as at healthcare facilities. However, there are several reasons for conducting background screenings on new […]

Making the Pre-employment Hiring Process Easier for Candidates

When most employers think about the pre-employment hiring process, they think about it from their viewpoint. Never mind what job candidates – future employees – have to go through to get hired. In the 2010 “Trends in Employment Background Screening” researchers found that of the over 600 participants who participated, 96% agreed that candidates accepted the need […]

Compliance and the Critical Difference between Arrest and Conviction Records

Arrest and conviction don’t always go hand-in-hand. When it comes to making decisions about employment actions such as hiring, firing, promotion, transfers, and demotions, it is critical to understand the difference and to act accordingly to remain in compliance with the law.   Arrest vs. Conviction   An arrest does not automatically establish the act of criminal […]

Does Your Temporary Employment Service Conduct Background Checks on Employees?

Tis’ the season to hire temporary employees. With that being said, have you ever considered whether your temporary employment service conducts background checks on their employees? If your company utilizes a temporary staffing agency – and many do over the holiday season – you need to take particular caution to ensure they conduct background checks for any […]

Due Diligence Can Save Your Company

The process of due diligence can and will save your company a lot of time, effort and money. You know that you have to be able to trust every employee with corporate assets, and in order to do that, you have to know where they come from and what their potential criminal past has been. The price […]

Seasonal Employees Still Require Thorough Background Checks

A news story posted at HispanicBusiness.com recently announced that Amazon.com plans to hire hundreds of seasonal employees to staff a new Jeffersonville distribution center, in the Louisville, Kentucky metro area. They plan to fill “day and night full-time, part-time and weekend opportunities.”   Regardless of their hiring classification or position, smart employers know the importance of conducting […]

Tenant Background Checks Ensure Quality Renters

Whether in an apartment complex or the home next door, we all have horror about bad neighbors. You know them as the ones who’ve had the loud midnight parties, barking dogs, and unclean areas. But to a property owner, they cause even larger headaches with unpaid rent and property damage. As a property owner, these […]