| If you happen to own a business or if you are in | | | | care, a child dies after receiving medication that |
| charge of hiring employees it would be in your | | | | he was allergy to which was listed in his medical |
| best interest to do a background check and | | | | records. |
| verify all the information found on the resume. | | | | In this situation, the hospital would still be liable as |
| Recently, you may have noticed that after a | | | | well as the physician. If the person hiring the |
| person has been hired the truth comes out and | | | | doctor had done a background check, the |
| the person lied on their resume and never | | | | mal-practice suits would have been discovered |
| attended college at all. | | | | and the doctor would not have been hired. |
| Studies have shown that close to 75% of all | | | | Doing a background check and employee |
| resumes have some type of falsification and 89% | | | | screening checks, can save companies the |
| have information that is misleading. The sad news | | | | embarrassment and in some cases money. Check |
| is that after one of these individuals is hired the | | | | out all credentials, call all references, and learn all |
| company is liable for the actions, in most cases, | | | | you can before hiring a new employee. By doing a |
| of the person. An example of this would be hiring | | | | background check you will be able to learn if the |
| a doctor to work at a hospital. The doctor | | | | person has been married, divorced, and if they |
| previously had been sued for mal-practice but the | | | | have a criminal record. You do not want to hire |
| resume left out this important piece of | | | | an employee that may put your other employees |
| information. The doctor is given a position working | | | | or customers in harm way. |
| in the emergency room of the hospital. Under his | | | | |