Companies now are making something very common that the make in their hiring process and that is: employee's background checks (BGC). You are probably wondering when an employer can do these employee checks and the answer to that question is anytime. They can decide to do these checks; before they employ an individual, just periodic check on their existing employees, and even during promotional checks.
With all the changes in the economy and people looking for work it isn't safe anymore for a company just to go on whim when hiring an individual. There are many factors in why a background check is being used so much more and the demand for using. Some of these factors are; hiring individuals out of instinct on the type of character that they are, a company has a lot of information that their employees have access to and can be stolen, and the biggest benefactor is the attacks after September 11 have made stricter policies when it comes to security and verification of identity.
Clients are requiring background checks on every single employee that will be involved with any project that they are outsourcing to cover. There are two feelings to outsourcing /outsiders looking into their backgrounds. One being that there is nothing in their background that they have to hide and the second one being some individuals aren't comfortable with people in their personal background affairs.
There are many factors that play into verification requirements of the check. Some of these factors range from their social security number to all detail of that employee being considered for employment. The background check consist of; any current to previous address, educational background, any criminal record, if there are any drug addictions, their driving record, their character reference, record of their credit, medical records, if they are on the sex offender lists, etc.. They look into the social network sites like; Orkut, facebook, myspace, and many more just for the individuals profile. There are still codes of the law that background checks have to follow, but they only have to be followed by outsiders. These laws do not have to be upheld when the background check is being done with in the company.
A background check is also known as a consumer report and can't contain any information about; bankruptcy past 10 years, any judgments or civil suites, arrests older than 7 years, tax liens that were paid that are older than 7 years, etc., and there are no limits to finding information about criminal records. Plus a potential employer can ask for any detail in a background check, there is no restrictions when it comes to this.
Recently a survey was conducted and confirmed that over 60% of individuals seeking a job lie on some of their information so that their profile is more impressive. The information lied about most is the educational background, hiding their criminal and their civil background cases, and leaving out or making short of past employment information.
For an employer to avoid false information, it is essential to do a background check of an employee. With the right and appropriate background information on an employee it helps an employer from being faced with future legal acts and for all employees to be have a business relationship in good standing.
Thomas Bladecki is the author, you can find additional information about payroll processing, employee management and the latest news about human resources by visiting The Payroll Company. Get a free quote for outsourcing your payroll by visiting http://www.tpclv.com/.
These days, it's quite important to have a clean online reputation, especially because some employers do some background checks on their employees or when they want to hire a new person. In my opinion, it's a great thing, because we can find useful informations about them and we can be aware!
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