Because companies hire candidates who have criminal histories, they lose billions of dollars. Workplace violence as well as theft and sexual harassment are of great concern today and employers have gone a step further by conducting background checks on potential employees.

By conducting a background check, employers can track and confirm the applicant’s identity while also checking to see if the applicant has any prior criminal history or theft offenses. Also, an SSN is done which reveals if the applicant has any hidden identities and will also reveal criminal records.

A check will also reveal any traffic violations as well as arrest warrants and will also reveal any alcohol or drug related offenses. These searches will cover the last ten years of the applicant’s life history and can be obtained from any country in the world. Companies have now been forced to conduct these searches to protect the company from any potentially harmful hiring lawsuits.

There are many applicants who falsify their documentation and the only way employers can protect their company and existing staff members in the company from an unpleasant environment is to conduct a background check, as no employer is immune to practices of falsehood. negligent hiring.

Statistics have shown that around twenty people die weekly in the workplace due to violent attacks and that more than twenty thousand threats are made daily in the workplace. Negligent hiring means that an employer has an obligation to protect its employees, as well as its customers, from injuries caused by the company’s employees. That is why employers are required to run a background check on all existing and potential applicants.