Preventing Employee Theft & Negligent Hiring Claims Go Hand In Hand – Atlanta Georgia

In the thirty years of conducting employee theft investigations I look back and see that many of the problems these employees caused us could have been prevented at the time of hiring had the company paid attention to the warning signals.

If addressed in the beginning BEFORE a candidate is hired these same warning signals also provide your company protection from negligent hiring claims. It is important to look at hiring as a process that must be adhered to even if you are a small business.

To protect your company you should do the following:

• All job applicants must fill out your application form. You should not simply accept their resume. They need to completely fill out you application and sign it. Your application should include a detailed work history. It should also ask about criminal convictions. Yes, you can do that and you should, every time.
• Actually check their criminal records. It is easy and cheap.
• Conduct personal interview with the candidate. This should be done by at least 2 people but the more the merrier.  I suggest 3-5 interviews with different management people in your company. This allows you to get many views and in the long run the new employee will be even more accepted as others have a stake in their success. Don’t have anyone else that can do an interview? Ask a trusted business friend, spouse or other person who is professional and will represent you and your company well.
• Require references both personal and work related. Then actually check them. You will be surprised what they will tell you if you know how to ask the right questions.
• Have a set of forms that you use each time for this and retain those forms in their file.

These items will serve you well and will help protect you from negligent hiring claims and employee theft. Make them a standard part of your business.

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