Ask any labor lawyer, human resource manager or security professional whether an employer should engage in pre-employment screening. There will be but one response . . . it’s an absolute necessity! Employers must know all about whom they are hiring by exercising due diligence while performing verifications, background checks and pre-employment screening. Consider these startling statistics complied by ADP (a payroll processing corporation):

• The direct and indirect average cost of employee turnover is equal to 150% of the annual salary.
• 30% of all business failures are due to employee theft and related forms of dishonesty.
• 51% of all resumes, applications and references provided by applicants contain inaccurate information.
• 5% of applicants have had a criminal record in the past 7 years.

Clearly, employee problems are caused by problem employees! The best way for employers to avoid bad hires is to institute a Safe Hiring Program as outlined in The Safe Hiring Manual by Lester S. Rosen. The Safe Hiring Manual is a comprehensive blueprint for developing a program for employers, human resources, security professionals, private investigators, labor lawyers ¯ anyone concerned about hiring safe and qualified employees.

The Manual details how to exercise due diligence throughout the hiring process, significantly increasing an employer’s chance of avoiding the financial and legal nightmares of even one bad hiring decision including:

• Effective use of applications, interviews and past employer checks as key hiring tools.
• Verify degrees and credentials, and how to legally obtain and use criminal records.
• Legal compliance issues, including the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as well as EEOC, Patriot Act, Privacy, Sarbanes-Oxley, state law compliance, and other legal concerns.
• In-depth pre-employment background screening and investigative techniques.
• New information on how to identify terrorists and perform international background checks.
• How to audit the effectiveness of your current hiring program,

The Safe Hiring Manual provides all the "why’s and how-to’s" for implementing necessary employment practices that will keep your business safe – and keep you out of court!

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