Written by Arjun Medhi, Operations Manager – Staff Fraud, CIFAS – The UK’s Fraud Prevention Service It is interesting, as well as alarming, to note that Members of CIFAS – The UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, reported more staff fraud between June and December 2012 than in the whole of 2011. The majority of the cases […]
Whistleblowing cases reported to the Financial Services Authority have increased by 276 per cent in four years, according to information1 obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by HireRight’s sister company, Kroll Advisory Solutions, the global investigations firm. Kroll found that between June 2011 and May 2012 the FSA received 3,733 contacts to its whistleblowing […]
Over the last two years HireRight has witnessed a 49% increase in the number of applications containing at least one inaccuracy, with over half (52%) of all of the pre-employment background screenings conducted by HireRight in the UK and the rest of EMEA in the third quarter of 2012 uncovering falsehoods. This mirrors the findings […]
Analysis of frauds recorded on the CIFAS Staff Fraud Database during the first half of 2012, compared with 2011, revealed a notable increase in those recorded for employment applications containing serious material falsehoods (up by 160% from the first half of 2011). Read the full press release here Debbie HatfieldHatfield123More Posts
According to the 2012 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmarking Report, employers are beginning to shift their focus from cost-cutting to growth. Finding, retaining and developing quality talent was the top business challenge identified in the latest HireRight Employment Screening Benchmarking Report, whereas the same study in 2011 placed cost containment as the top priority. Now that […]
Neal Cohen and Ashley Winton of White & Case, an international law firm with one of the largest and most experienced data protection and privacy practices in the world, deliver a briefing note on the General Data Protection Regulation as it applies to employment and the workplace. Read the full White & Case briefing Debbie HatfieldHatfield123More […]
