(Newswire.net, June 6, 2013) Glendale, CA — According to Joe Pavone, CEO and owner of Postal Box and Ship in Glendale, CA in addition to increasing threats to state and national security, more and more local business owners face their own unique set of problems that relate to internal and external security and liability issues with company employees than ever before.
Work related incidents are increasing at an alarming rate for local business owners from their employees that have NOT been screened properly for employment. We’re talking about background checks. Altercations with customers, disgruntled former spouses or friends confronting employees in arguments or fights in and outside of the store or business work place are growing.
With security being heightened from the federal, state and now local levels since the Connecticut Sandy Hook School shootings, the recent Boston Marathon bombings incident – internal security at the local level- is becoming one of the most important challenges and threats to business owners in their local communities.
Pavone emphasized that employers are asking for trouble if they hire new people without a background check when you first interview them as serious candidates for your business. A background check which costs only about $50.00 to do, may just be what’s needed to protect yourself from potential liability not only with possible tendencies for violence by workers who have not been checked, and who may also have a record of child or spousal abuse. Pavone advises also that owners should check with an attorney on this area when it comes to any possible insurance claim liability where an employee injures another customer or is in an altercation with a customer or a by-stander on or off the premise.
Several states like California mandate background checks for anyone who is employed to teach or takes care of children that they be “live-scanned” or finger-printed. In addition to this, most certification positions such as doctors, nurses, attorneys, accountants, contractors, bus drivers and life guards – over 100 industries — require for such. Even for full time baby-sitters.
Live scan is a finger-printing process that provides a digital signature on file in an electronic form to a state computer database. The software allows certified centers to digitally scan your finger prints which then can be stored in the state’s database. (Go here).
It is also used for a person’s beginning the immigration process. A live scan and finger printing is required as an important requisite to their application.
Getting a background check first may also be a smart thing to do for college graduates entering the competitive job market.
Pavone, who has been a business owner here in the Glendale area for 30 years at Post Box and Ship (Click here) says you can avoid such problems by screening potential employees more carefully with background checks using Live-scan. He can be reached at 818-242-4270.
For more information on Postal Box and Ship. Contact Robert Cisco at Cisco Kid Marketing at 818-448-9694.
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