Posts from 2016

The pace of change in the human resources world is unrelenting and the digital age has brought a myriad of risk management challenges along with it. There was a time where reference checking, due diligence on a person’s work history and – in some cases – a ‘gut feeling’ were the…

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Reducing risk in the workplace – whether a health or safety, general security or Internet/cyber security risk – is a priority for forward-thinking employers but one that will largely be overlooked until an incident rears its ugly head. The everyday demands of business tend to ge…

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The process of conducting background checks on potential – and, in some cases, existing – employees is increasing at a brisk rate. As incidents of employee fraud, misconduct and negligent hiring litigation continue to rise, more and more businesses see background checks as a fun…

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While most employment contracts contain safeguards that allow you to dismiss an unsuitable employee, it’s equally as important to have rock-solid processes in place for handling potential hires that ‘fail’ a background check (for lack of a better word). Implementing background c…

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Compliance obligations are among the biggest challenges confronting organisations, and the pressure to get it right is immense. Automated processes can be both a blessing and a curse. It’s certainly efficient to streamline your processes but, sometimes, a one-size-fits-all appro…

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We all understand the importance of conducting due diligence in the business world and, when it comes to choosing employees, it is critical to get it right. It wasn’t all that long ago that reference checks and verifying a candidate’s employment history (and possibly some psycho…

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We all know that personnel security is central to good business. As part of the recruitment process, we jump through hoops and invest significant amounts of time and labour to find the best-fit employees for both the workplace and the requirements of a specific employment positi…

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