Make Your Business Resistant to Theft

In this slow economy, employee and customer theft is a growing problem. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that employee theft accounts for between $20 and $40 billion dollars in business losses. An employee is 15 times more likely to steal than a customer or non-employee, and 75 percent of all employee crime goes unnoticed.

Protect your Workplace from Violence and Murder

Don’t let an incident like the murder of Annie Le at Yale University happen in your workplace. Incidents of workplace violence happen regularly throughout the United States and threaten employers with liability on a daily basis. Yet statistics reveal that most employers fail to provide training on workplace violence and many do not even have a workplace violence policy. All of these are big mistakes for employers! 

Former U.S. anti-drug official’s arrest ‘a complete shock

Federal investigators say he served as a secret ally of traffickers while he was posted in Guadalajara.

Reporting from Washington – As a high-ranking U.S. anti-drug official, Richard Padilla Cramer held front-line posts in the war on Mexico’s murderous cartels. He led an office of two dozen agents in Arizona and was the attache for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Guadalajara.

With Possible Early Release of Convicts, Employers Should Review Background Check Policies

According to a recent story from BusinessInsurance.com, employers should review their background check policies since many states are discussing plans to release a number of convicts from prison early in an effort to lessen jail overcrowding and make up for budget shortfalls.

Ex-Convicts in Workforce Pose Liability Problems

California employers would be wise to take another look at their criminal background check policies in light of the possibility the state may be forced to release many prisoners early because of jail overcrowding, say some observers. Many employers, particularly large corporations, already have such policies in place.

Faking Your Resume

When we started working on a story about resume fraud and whether more people were lying on their resumes now because the job market is so tight, our biggest challenge was finding someone who would admit he or she lied on their resume. No easy task.

Hiring Without the Headaches

Making the leap from business owner to employer takes a combination of faith, a strong stomach and smart planning. After all, once you decide to become an employer, you agree to take on a bushel of issues above and beyond just paying a regular salary. There are taxes to be withheld (for which you are personally liable, regardless of the business entity you’ve chosen), benefits to be offered and more employment legislation than you can shake a stick at.