While more than 98% of businesses conduct pre-hire background checks on potential new employees, less than one-quarter of businesses proactively screen current employees - exposing CXOs and Boards to significant safety, security and compliance risks.
Although current employees present significant ongoing organizational risk due to their access to company assets, customers and other employees, a survey found that 48% of employers do not rescreen their personnel post-hire.
The practice of conducting employment background screening has been around a long time and has become ubiquitous that it is inexplicably tied to the employment hiring process.
