With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, retail merchants will be on watching for shoplifters. But a new report suggests retailers should be looking inside their own stores for employee theft by insiders. A story on Consumerist.com – leading online resource for consume... [More]
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Tags: employee theft, background check, pre-employ.com, consumerist.com, retail theft, shoplifting
Background Screening | Employee Theft
An article in Workforce Management (www.workforce.com) reveals how two high-profile shootings that occurred on back to back days in Texas and Florida are the latest incidents of workplace violence, and that those tragedies underscore the threat of violence occurring on the job. Accordin... [More]
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Tags: background check, workplace violence, workforce management, pre-employ.com
Government Background Checks | Workplace Violence
A looming legal battle in Texas questions whether fingerprinting as part of background checks may be a violation of religious freedom. According to a report from KTRE-TV Channel 9 in Lufkin, TX and comments by her own attorney, Pam McLaurin, a kindergarten teacher in Polk County, TX wit... [More]
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Tags: fingerprinting, fingerprint, background check, texas, religious freedom, book of revelation
Background Screening | Education Background Checks | Fingerprinting | Legal Compliance | Privacy
A very interesting blog by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano adds a new phrase to the growing lexicon surrounding identity theft – “Insider Identity Theft.” According to Siciliano, who likens Insider Identity Theft to “a classic case of the fox watching the ... [More]
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Tags: identity theft, insider identity theft, robert siciliano, background check, bank of new york mellon, pre-employ.com
Background Screening | Employee Benefits | Employment Verifications | Privacy
According to a news release, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule for financial institutions and creditors with covered accounts to implement an identity theft program – scheduled to take effect November 1, 2009 – until June 1, ... [More]
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Tags: red flags rule, federal trade commission, ftc, fair and accurate credit transactions act, fact act, june 1, 2010, identity theft, pre-employ.com
Government Background Checks | Legal Compliance | New Legislation | Privacy