Why You Need to Screen

Government statistics reveal that murder is the second leading causeof job-related deaths, and nearly a million employees are the victims of nonfatal violence each year, often at the hands of co-employees. Source:ABA Journal
The average award in a workplace violence lawsuit exceeds $1 million per case. Source:Workplace Violence Research Institute.
On-the- job violence cost employers $36 billion each year. Source:Workplace Violence Research Institute
The average award in a workplace violence lawsuit exceeds $2 million per case. Source:Workplace Violence Research Institute
On average in U.S. businesses, at least half of all new hires don't work out. Source: Fortune Magazine
For every dollar an employer invest in personal screening, the SAVINGS range from five to sixteen dollars in reduction absenteeism, improved productivity, lower turnover, safer working environments, reduce insurance premiums and decreased employer liability. Source: Small Business Administration
The U.S. Secret Service has set up a research group to study threats of workplace violence and plan for their prevention. Secret Service forensic pathologist Robert Fein was quoted in the Federal Human Resource as noting, "a thoughtful, systematic approach to threat assessment not only minimizes the risk of actual violence, but lowers the fear level in the workplace so people can get on with their work. Source: Federal Human Resources Week
The average company loses $9.00 per day per employee about 6% of it's annual revenue to fraud and abuse committed by it's own staff. Sourece:Association of Fraud Examiners/National Fraud Survey & Report to The Nation
Every work day 16,400 threats are made, 723 workers are attacked, 43,800 workers are harassed, and every work year 1,000 people fall victim to homicide at work. Source:Risk Management Magazine
Incidents of workplace violence cost employers as much as 4.2 billion dollars annually. Source:National Safe Workplace Institute
30% of businesses fail because of internal theft and fraud. Source:American Management Association & U.S. Chamber of Commerce
For every dollar an employer invest in personal screening, the savings range from five to sixteen dollars in reduce absenteeism, improved productivity, lower turnover, safer working environments, reduce insurance premiums and decreased employer liability. Source:Small Business Administration
34% of all applicants forms contain outright lies about experience, education, and ability to perform essential functions on the job. Source:Wall Street Journal
Government statistics reveal that murder is the second leading causeof job-related deaths, and nearly a million employees are the victims of nonfatal violence each year, often at the hands of co-employees. Source:ABA Journal
According to the research Group set up by the United States Secret Service to study the threat of workplace violence and plan for their prevention. Secret Service forensic pathologist Robert Fein was queted in Federal Human Resources Week as noting, "a thoughtful, systematic approach to threat asessment not only minimizes the risk of actual violence, but it lowers the fear level in the workpace so people can get on with thier work."

    An estimated 7% of job applicants have had a criminal conviction, and 1/3 of applicants resumes contain inaccurate falshoods and /or omissions according to the Wall Street Journal.
    You the employer can be held accountable in a court of law for not being aware of these facts about one of your employees under Negligent Hiring and Retention laws.
    The United States Supreme Court has ruled that even if an employer is unaware of sexual harassment taking place the employers liability remains. If one employee sexually harasses another employee the employer must pay the damages not the harasser. According to the Department of Justice 72% of employers lose negligent hiring suits.
    You can protect yourself and your company against this, by enacting the hiring practice of employee and pre-employment screening.

Whether your company is on the Fortune 500 list or a small business with a 100 workers or more on staff, you need to make Pre-Employment screening an integrated part of your hiring practice to minimize risk and legally protect your employees and business. A pro-active hiring practice cost you for less then it will to deal with the aftermath of a bad hire.
The high rate of workplace violence, terrorism, theft, fraud, murder and Negligent Hiring Lawsuits, makes it is a vital necessity for all employers to screen prospective applicants before hiring them. Screening is the difference between a wise, safe hire and a lawsuit waiting to happen.