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Your role as the employer when it comes to the background check process is going to be different for every company and it will vary on the nature and the extent the pre-employment screening program goes into for the particular job you are hiring for.

What this means is that some positions will require a deeper background check than others. Some companies will outsource their background checks and most will include criminal and credit history, reference checks and drug testing based on the position. Some background check companies provide recommendations that fall under ‘competitive’ for an employee that is a good potential fit or ‘not competitive’ for someone who does not fit into the position well.

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We don’t like to think about people doing harm to ourselves or others. The reality, however, is that we live in a country with one of the highest rates of financial crimes, including embezzlement, fraud, theft, etc. And, that’s just the beginning.

Let’s look at just a few statistics on what the FBI reports is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. – employee theft:

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports that $50 billion dollars are lost annually due to employee theft and fraud and that 20% of all businesses fail due to the same reason.

• According to an Ernst & Young Report, “White Collar Crime: Loss Prevention through Internal Control”, companies lose 1% to 2% of their sales to crime — most committed by, or in collusion with, employees.

Employee theft, negligent hiring, sexual harassment, and workers’ compensation fraud are just a few of the liabilities an employer has to face in today’s hiring environment.

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