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Benefits May 1, 2008
ADP Clients Most Often Checking Candidates' Criminal Histories
May 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Clients of ADP
Employer Services most often ordered criminal background
checks on job candidates compared with other types of
pre-employment background screening, the HR services provider
said.
Reported by Fred Schneyer
An ADP news release said that of the nearly 5.8 million background checks completed for clients in 2007, checking a criminal history outnumbered all other types by more than three times. ADP said it performed 1.7 million criminal background inquiries and performed nearly 500,000 driving record checks – the second most common screening.
Other data from ADP’s HR screening activities include:
- Of the 1.7 million criminal record checks, 6% of candidates showed a criminal record over the last seven years;
- More than one in three candidates have violations or convictions on their driving record, including 10% who have had their licenses suspended, revoked, or withdrawn in the last seven years;
- 44% of job candidates checked for credit have at least one negative issue on their credit reports;
- One out of 20 (5%) of the candidate reference verifications that contained information differences also had at least one negative remark about the candidate; and
- 8% of candidates had a previous workers’ compensation claim.
For additional screening statistics go to http://www.adphire.com/screeningIndex.html .
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