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The
U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates dishonesty by employees costs 1 to 2% of gross
sales. It is estimated that 30% of business failures are directly related to employee
theft.
- A car rental
company recently paid $750,000 to an employee who was raped by a fellow employee.
No background check.
- After
driving for a telephone company for only a week, an employee was involved in a
traffic accident. The jury learned that the company never saw the employee's driving
record, which showed the employee had five traffic tickets within 18 months. They
awarded the injured party $550,000. No
background check.
- An
employee, who had previously been convicted of passing bad checks, forged signatures
on sales contracts. The court judged his employer negligent and awarded $175,000.
No background check.
- A family was
recently awarded $9 million after a national company hired a subcontractor to
service an air-conditioning unit, and the service man raped and murdered the wife.
No background check.
- Charles
Cullen, the nurse suspected of murdering up to 40 people in hospitals in a recent
case, was hired at hospital after hospital—with no warning signals because
of faulty or no background screening procedures. No
background check.
- Melissa
Danielle Jennings, was murdered by an apartment complex maintenance man, Calvin
Oliver, a convicted rapist. Oliver's criminal record, spanning almost 20 years,
included armed robbery, burglary, robbery by force, and credit card fraud. At
the time he was hired by the apartment complex, TGM Ashley Lakes Inc., there was
an outstanding warrant for his arrest on theft check charges. He is sentenced
to life in prison for murder. No background
check.
The
Florida Negligent Hiring Statute holds an employer responsible for any willful
unlawful act of an employee while on the job.
One
in every 32 adults has a criminal record.
More
than 16,000 threats are made at worksites every workday, and 13 people die through
workplace violence each week. HR News, Jan 2002.
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