Background Screening

Should We Re-Screen Furloughed Employees?

COVID-19 has been an utter headache for nearly everyone participating in the professional and personal world. Many states shut down operations and required that businesses do the same. This required closure hurt many businesses, small and large. Many have in fact had to conduct layoffs or furlough employees as companies have seen less activity. As […]

How Background Screening Policies Eliminate Claims of Discrimination

In preparation of our webinar titled, “Save Big Dollars in Legal Fees & Settlement Costs by Implementing a Criminal Background Screening Policy,” we came across a very well written and informative article titled, “You Wanna Background Check Me? Well, Be Careful Where You Look.” The authors of the article, Cindy Hanson and Kali Wilson Beyah, comment on […]

Background Screening

New Threat to Employers: the Professional Applicant

New Threat to Employers: the Professional Applicant. According to Patricia Kotze, president of our partner company Diversified Risk Management, Inc. (DRM), there is a new threat to employers and their Human Resources departments: the “Professional Applicant.” “This is a person who applies for a position with a company but has no intention of sticking around to be a productive employee,” says […]