What Employers Need to Know About Backgrounds Checks

The Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued a joint publication entitled, Background Checks, What Employers Need to Know. The publication offers guidance from both agencies to employers when considering the background of...

The Advantages of Employee Drug Testing

Employee drug testing and drug screening are necessary to ensure that you have the right risk control plan in place. Testing your employees pre-employment and randomly throughout their tenure could help safeguard your business and its current employees.  “According to...

Background Screening Requirements for Government Contracts

“10.3 million independent contractors go to work in the United States every day; 90% of American companies neglect to run contractor screening and criminal checks on contractors.” In today’s world it would be prudent for all businesses to conduct background checks on...

3 Ways to Ensure Workplace Safety

by Larry White, January 10, 2014 Ensuring workplace safety is a difficult task for any company. You must have the right plans and programs in place to safeguard your employees. This starts during the hiring process and carries itself throughout the tenure of an...

Consequences of Unauthorized Job Site Access

Employee Identification (ID) Cards safeguard the accessibility of your job sites. They are a good visual way of quickly assessing who should – and shouldn’t – be allowed on the premises. Once your new employees and contractors have been approved through a background...