TOP STORY Audit Shows 1,900 Convicts Worked in State Day Cares Due to Poor Background Checks
It's 9 am; do you know where your kids are? In one state, the shocking answer could have been, "they're in the care of convicts."
INDUSTRY NEWS Accountant Steals $2.8 million from Employer
One company learns a tough lesson in employee theft and background checks after an accountant takes them for millions. Find out how he did it and how you can keep it from happening to you.
Workplace Homicide on the Decline
With fewer workplace homicides in recent years, you might think that U.S. workplaces are safe and sound, but the data tells a different tale. Rising rates of workplace assaults are a major threat to workplace security.
Mark Your Calendars: Drug-Free Work Week is October 20-26, 2008!
Did you know that 75 percent of the nation's current illegal drug users and 79 percent of the nation's heavy alcohol users are employed? With stats like that, Drug-Free Work Week is more important than ever. Drug-Free Work Week is a time to highlight the benefits that drug-free workplace programs bring to employers, workers and communities and to spread the word that working drug free works to:
Prevent accidents and make workplaces safer.
Improve productivity and reduce costs.
Encourage people with alcohol and drug problems to seek help.
To learn more about Drug-Free Work Week and how your company can participate, visit http://www.dol.gov/workingpartners. If you'd like information on setting up a drug and alcohol testing program in your workplace, contact 770-984-2727 option 4 or sales@infomart-usa.com.
SCREENING SOLUTIONS Mandatory Fees Explained
Have you ever wondered what a mandatory fee is, why they're billed to you and why they vary from applicant to applicant? Well, wonder no more. J.B. Wilson and Natalie Ellington of InfoMart's Client Relations Department are here to demystify mandatory fees.
INSIDE INFOMART Visit InfoMart at an Upcoming Tradeshow
The InfoMart team is hitting the road and heading to a number of conferences and tradeshows. If you're in attendance at any of these events, be sure to drop by our booth and say hello
