Business owners and managers, either because of inertia, or taking the path of least resistance, often take the position that the “devil you know” is better than the “devil you don’t.” But is it? If you have not conducted a “best practices” employee background check, you could have a potential time-bomb in your organization.
A “best practices” employee background check typically costs less than one day of wages or salary for that employee. Interestingly, the cost of an employee background check pales in comparison to what companies and organizations pay their employees for every day they work. Employee compensation can easily become thousands or tens of thousands of dollars – even during just the first 90 days – and it will cost significantly higher as each year passes.
By performing “best practices” employee background screening, companies save money by not training and paying employee wages for someone they should have never even hired. People with a dangerous criminal history pose significant threats to any organization. Negligent Hiring and Retention Liability case law is accepted in all states. It means that employers can be held liable for the actions of their employees (and even ex-employees), if it was their employment that created the opportunity for that individual to meet and later harm a customer, or another employee.
Also, the opportunity cost of training an employee is often overlooked. It is not just the employee compensation that must be paid. The time that your other team member(s) take to train the new hire is a real cost. Do not waste company resources and money training someone who never should have been hired, due to their dangerous criminal past. By performing a “best practices” background check, you can at least know that the resources you expend training the new hire have the potential to be a good investment. Should you hire a dangerous criminal without performing a thorough background check, you place your company and your brand at significant risk.
Even without a court trial, viral social media can destroy your company and its brand. The real cost of a bad hire could be millions of dollars – or even the end of your company. By performing a “best practices” background check, you can protect your organization from being found to be negligent, whether you are in a court room, in front of a news reporter, or on social media.
Rudy Troisi, President and CEO, Reliable Background Screening
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The Estancia Club is an internationally recognized member-owned club located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is consistently rated as one of the country’s top golf courses and is currently ranked the ‘Number One Course’ in Arizona by Golf Digest Magazine.
The Estancia Club allows members and accompanying guests to enjoy its award-winning golf course, an elegant clubhouse, fitness center, pool, tennis and pro shop.
The member approval process for this state-of-the-art establishment is guided by the Membership Director, Lori Wacaser.
A year ago, Lori became increasingly unhappy with the club’s background screening company which they had been using for 20 years. Located out of state, the service received left a lot to be desired, including slow response time and high prices. Around this time, Brett Troisi of Reliable Background Screening reached out to Lori. The timing couldn’t have been better! Reliable was in the process of expanding their services to add more country clubs and golf clubs as clients, and Estancia was seeking a new background screening provider.
Lori says Brett gave them a winning proposal she couldn’t refuse. “We didn’t consider anyone else. I just really liked what Brett had to say, and also the way he handled himself during the proposal process. He was not at all pushy and simply gave us the information we needed,” she said.
It was important to Lori that their background screening service had a firm understanding of the club business. Other clubs all spoke very highly of them, so it was easy for her to choose Reliable.
What she likes most about working with Reliable is the overall customer service, saying, “Everyone that I’ve dealt with there has been professional. They provide a great service at a reasonable price.” Her enthusiasm speaks volumes, “Reliable provides a much faster response, extremely fast, and the prices are almost half of what we had been paying. We love them!”
To keep costs in check to provide our quality services at fair prices, we rely on our satisfied clients’ referrals to get new clients.
If you are happy with the service we are providing you, we will greatly appreciate you referring us to others like you who also value protecting their brand, reputation, and safety. As a token of our appreciation, we will send you a $25 Amazon gift card.
