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The fear of negligent hiring and retention litigation is by far a hiring manager’s most horrifying nightmare and the most compelling reason to include an in-depth and thorough criminal history search in your pre-employment process. Currently, the average settlement for a negligent hiring suit is well over a million. This is a staggering number in any economic climate.
EBI’s Identity Trace uses a variety of database resources to identify your subject. This research identifies and confirms their name, other names used by the Subject (maiden, hyphenated, etc.), and current and prior residential addresses. . Since most crimes are committed in the county of residence, this service provides critical information on subject movement patterns and additional information on undisclosed jurisdictions for a proper criminal search.
Don’t rely just on the information gathered from an employment application. Utilizing EBI’s online search request system provides you with the ability to easily identify and perform a multi-level search at a touch of a button.
“Filling in the gaps” is your next step in the due diligence process. Always conduct criminal searches in areas where the subject may have visited, not just where they have lived or may have worked. For example, if a subject lives close to a county or state border, or travels as part of their daily activities or business functions, practice due diligence by casting a larger net across the country or even the world. Many criminals are known to be transient and may move from town to town to stay ahead of law enforcement by maintaining a low profile. A perfect example of a transient criminal is an individual convicted as a s_x offender, as they are known for moving around place to place in an attempt to keep a low profile. EBI offers several types of County, Statewide, Federal, National and International searches that provide a much broader snapshot of an individual with instant results, including identification trace, Global Homeland Security Plus (OFAC), and sex offender registry searches.
At EBI, we have made due diligence screening even more comprehensive through our National Criminal Research Database (NCRD) which provides online, state-of-the-art, cost effective due diligence with just one click. Records range from misdemeanor and felony records, prison inmate data, sex offender information, and includes national international terrorist watch lists and sanctioned parties data. This instant, 50-state, multi-jurisdictional search of state and county criminal record databases includes: Departments of Corrections, Departments of Public Safety, Traffic Court, and multi-state offender data sources. NCRD also includes EBI’s proprietary Criminal Record Database, as well as an OFAC search (FBI, U.S. Marshal, U.S. Customs, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Secret Service, DEA Fugitive and most wanted files). All records are verified with the actual county to ensure FCRA compliance.
Verifying additional information on a subject such as past employment, education, and other candidate credentials provides additional validation. Including EBI’s verification and credentialing services will even further enhance your company’s due diligence process and overall screening program.
These days background screening firms can be a dime a dozen. There are more than 1,800 firms that offer some type of background screening in the United States. This number increases daily with firms that offer anything you need to know about your spouse, friend, neighbor, or even your potential date. Be very leery of websites that provide instant access to information by only submitting a credit card number, and websites that do not provide contact information or a phone number. Most of these firms do not follow the strict FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) compliancy regulations that both employers and CRAs (background screening firms) must follow.
You really need to ask yourself this question: Does your background screening firm provide FCRA compliant searches for permissible employment purposes, and do they provide the education and guidance to help keep your internal programs compliant?
EBI follows all federal, state, and local laws in regards to employment screening. We don’t just “sell” to clients, we partner with them, providing training, consulting, ongoing education and award-winning customer service to ensure your company has the proper due diligence and compliancy programs and policies in place. EBI mandates the highest level of technology standards to ensure sensitive consumer data is secure.
Every employer has the social responsibility and obligation to provide a safe work environment for their employees and others within their care. Employers who conduct thorough and multi-level criminal searches as part of their due diligence screening will greatly reduce the propensity of huge liability and the cost of negligent hiring litigation. EBI is your “One Stop Solution” for all your screening & compliance needs.
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