Background Investigations
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the importance of the employee screening process as a primary means of loss prevention, emphasizing the degree of care that employers must take to ensure they have the best candidates. The chapter also looks at the concern of workplace violence and how background investigations reduce exposure to this risk, important components to include in the application package (application, Fair Credit Reporting Act waiver, education waiver, blanket information authorization, unemployment verification form, and background investigation acknowledgement), effectiveness of a master indices file, past employment verification, additional areas to explore (such as criminal record, financial responsibility), ...
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