June 20, 2005 |
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer |
Background Checks for Current Employees on the Rise
The Background Checks Blog directs us to a recent article in the South Florida Sun Sentinal which discusses a trend of increasing the number of background checks on current employees (we're not just talking applicants here). According to the article:
"The number of checks on all workers has tripled during the past eight years, experts said, mostly because of growing security concerns, the technological ease in obtaining the information and its declining costs."
Although it sounds a bit like big brother is watching us, our friends at the Background Checks Blog (what an interesting niche, huh?) remind us of the importance of obtaining proper authorization from employees in order to do periodic background checks during employment.