Did You Know...


  • Many states have passed legislation making it mandatory for certain industries to obtain criminal reports on anyone they hire
  • 40 million Americans have arrest records
  • There are 1.5 million probationers
  • A high percentage of claims in workers' compensation cases involve fraud
  • Over 85% of all resumes contain errors, omissions and false statements
  • The U.S. Department of Justice states that 16% of all assaults happen at the workplace
  • The American Management Association says employee theft causes 50% of the nation's business failures
  • The FBI reports 86% of bank loses are due to internal reasons. Screening costs may be charged back to employees
  • Employers lose 72% of all negligent hiring law suits because employers failed to conduct a reasonable investigation into the background of an employee.
  • 45% of potential employees have either a criminal record, bad driving record, worker's compensation claim, or bad credit history.
  • 95 % of all businesses are victims of theft, but only 10% discover it.
  • Sexual harassment complaints in the workplace have dramatically increased over the past decade.
  • The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates dishonesty by employees costs 1% to 2% of gross sales.

Pre-employment statistics affecting your business

  • 60% of college registrars regularly experience attempts to document false credentials
  • 33% of job applicants falsify employment applications
  • 30% of businesses failures are caused by employee theft
  • $15-25 billion lost to employee theft a year according to the Bureau of National Affairs
  • Average employee embezzlement is over $125,000
  • Persons with substance abuse are 10 times more likely to miss work, 3 times more likely to have an accident, 33% less productive on the job and file 5 times as many workers' compensation claims
  • The workplace is the scene of approximately 3.2 million crimes and thefts every year
  • Over 2 million personal thefts happen annually in the workplace
  • 1 in 6 violent crimes occur in the work place
  • Workplace violence cost employers in access of $5 billion in lost work and legal fee



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