September 22, 2009

Closing the Loop on Contract Employees

It is often easy to think of the workplace as the people that occupy it on a daily basis. What is often overlooked is that ten percent–and in certain instances as much as one third–of the labor force is comprised of extended labor, such as contract workers, temporary employees and vendors. Employers frequently fail to see the value in screening this essential segment of the labor market and tend to skip it altogether, but this can become a very costly mistake. The extended workforce is often given the same access to facilities, funds, ...


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August 17, 2009

The Hidden Dangers of Your Vendor Workforce

Pre-employment background screening of full-time employees is widely practiced in today's business community. According to SHRM, 85 percent of all large U.S. employers perform some type of background check on their new hires. With a formal background screening program in place, companies are able to better prevent thefts, breaches and violence and provide a safer and more secure work environment. Despite the tremendous effort companies put into hiring the right staff and conducting their due diligence on full-time employees, more often th...


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May 11, 2009

Who's Screening Them?

In 2004, over a pound of Fentanyl, a powerful – and potentially lethal – painkiller was found on a man who had ingested a nearly lethal amount at a Vacaville, California pharmaceutical plant, it would seem that anyone with access to this drug would have to be an employee, however, it was discovered that he was not an employee of the plant, but a temporary worker that was responsible for the theft and contamination. Albeit a temporary worker, he was responsible for theft and comtamination of the plant which resulted in approximately $67...


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