Employee Background Investigations

Merrill's offers employers in Maine and New England fast and affordable access to comprehensive employee background checks. In 2003, USA Today put the issue of negligent hiring on the front pages, stating that employers lose approximately 80% of these cases. A recent study by the Workplace Violence Research Institute finds that awards for these suits now average $3 million.  Employers have been put on notice that if their employee's actions hurt someone, the employer likely will be held responsible.

An employer's bad hiring decision can have a negative effect on a company's budget and reputation, and on the career of the hiring official. Despite claims by on-line information brokers, searching electronic records will not provide a complete picture of who a potential employee really is.  In many states records from criminal and civil proceedings are not computerized. Merrill's overcomes this by conducting hand searches of criminal and civil records in each jurisdiction where a potential employee has worked or lived.

While a potential employer may contact an applicant's past employers, the reality is that privacy laws and litigation fears cause former employers to provide little insight about a prospective employee's true performance. Most employers have a policy to only confirm dates of employment, final salary, and other limited information.  Many are all too happy to see a problem employee become someone else's problem.  Merrill's Investigations helps you get to know potential employees, business partners, and vendors before you add them to your organization.

Merrill's Investigations offers fast and affordable access to employee investigations, including criminal, civil and driving records, credit reports, and social security number searches. Merrill's will analyze the background information so you can understand exactly what it means to you and to your company. Our hands-on, in-depth background screening methods help you make the right decision every time.

Contact Merrill's today to receive our free whitepaper on employee background investigations and three tragic case studies in Maine.  In all three cases well-intentioned employers hired employees with years of financial misconduct behind them who went on to defraud their new employers, all despite having passed online "screenings" of their backgrounds.

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