What do you think about companies now using credit reports in employment decisions?
Posted in Law & Ethics on 10/23/2008 09:45 pm by adminIn todays society credit is becoming more and more important. While it is a neccessity, what do you think about the implementation of consumer report investigations on individuals and basing employment decisions on it?
Male employees commit four times as much fraud against their employers than do female employees. Business losses due to fraud by employees over 60 years old are 28 times greater than those by employees 25 years old or younger. Approximately 58 percent of reported fraud is committed by non-managerial employees, 30 percent by managers, and 12 percent by owner executives.
http://criminal-law.freeadvice.com/criminal-law/business-fraud-theft.htm
The percentage of resumes and job applications that contain lies and exaggerations has been estimated between 30 and 80 percent. (Security Management Magazine)
5% of professional hires have criminal records. (Source: HR Logic)
75% of internal theft is undetected. (“How to Identify Dishonesty Within Your Business”)
Several studies estimate employee theft and dishonesty costs U.S. businesses between $60 billion and $120 billion per year, not including the billions spent on protecting against theft. (“How to Identify Dishonesty Within Your Business”)
Insider theft is growing at 15% annually. (Justice Department)
Employee theft amounts to 4% of food sales at a cost in excess of $8.5 billion annually. 75% of inventory shortages are attributed to employee theft. (National Restaurant Association)
The Labor Law Industry has increased by 2200%. (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Employee theft costs between 1/2%-3% of a company’s gross sales. Even if the figure is 1%, it still means employees steal over a billion dollars a week from their employers. (“How to Identify Dishonesty Within Your Business”)
One-third of all employees steal from their employers. (Department of Commerce study)
30% of business failures are due to poor hiring practices. Annual losses generated by poor hires, absenteeism, drug abuse, and theft amount to $75 billion per year. (U.S. Department of Commerce-Atlanta Business Chronicle.)
Now with these statistics in hand what do you people still believe about comsumer report investigations in todays careers where even places such as mcdonalds may conduct these investigations?
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