Our Story
Identi-Check, Inc. specializes in background screening, drug testing, fingerprinting and UCC filing and searches. Our mission is to protect our clients assets, employees, and well-earned reputation by providing valuable information to make informed decisions on potential candidates and collateralizing a debtors assets. Identi-Check,Inc. primary goals are to improve employee efficiency, decrease employee turnover, enhance profits and lower risk.
Company Profile
o Established - March 9th 1998
o Headquartered in Springfield Illinois.
o Provides professional background screening, FingerPrint Services and Drug testing services, with nation-wide coverage
o Accepts full responsibility for the accuracy and the completeness of all work – IDENTI-CHECK maintains professional liability and errors and omissions insurance
o Hires only Security Consultants with extensive backgrounds in criminal data analysis and information analysis.
For your business the ultimate value of IDENTI-CHECK screening services is enhanced profits through increased efficiency and effectiveness.
Pre-employment background screening is an element of a well-designed business risk management program. Background screening reduces the potential for workplace accidents and incidents that may involve personal injury to employees or damage to your business’s property or assets.
How does IDENTI-CHECK make it easier?
Through Accommodation!
IDENTI-CHECK accommodates by:
o Adjusting our system to compliment the clients hiring procedures
o Adjusting to the level of technology the client feels most comfortable - fax, email, online system, mail, or even by walk-in.
o Assisting in determining the best and most cost effective searches
o Providing cost saving tips to employers
o Guaranteeing results in 72-hours, which are usually completed in 24 hours
o Providing easy, user-friendly on-line system, managed by IDENTI-CHECK. Access information and submit screening requests online 24/7
o Providing a customer support team that is comprised of individuals highly qualified in obtaining, decoding and deciphering information obtained during the screening process
o Providing a secure, online filing service - access is username and password protected
o Supplying the necessary forms and wavers
Why choose IDENTI-CHECK? Because it make sense!
Here is what sets IDENTI-CHECK apart from its competition:
o We use only human search operators because they can ensure correct/accurate result data.
o We make sure that our Search Operators have manageable case loads and are ready to help
o We expedite search requests and have results quickly and on-time.
o We cross-reference all information to verify correctness
o We make the employers search process very easy and hassle free
o We Decode information for clients to read and understand easily and quickly
o We do not perform instant searches, everything is from primary source data and information, unless otherwise requested
o We are an independent background-screening provider and therefore we are not tied to one information source, we can shop around to find a search that will provide the most accurate, real-time data and provide it at a reasonable cost.
o We accommodate our client’s needs they do not accommodate ours.
Who does IDENTI-CHECK currently serve?
Over the years, we have performed thousands of background screenings for over 200 employers. Some have single offices and some have multiple offices or plant sites in multiple states.
Most common industries served:
o Banking and Finance
o Distribution and Bottling
o Manufacturing
o Employment services
o Construction Contractors
o Property Management (Tenant Services)
o Merchandising and Retail
o State and lacal Government
With our unmatched verity of search options we can assist all types of businesses. To allow our Search operators to become familiar with our clients, they are assigned a manageable client load.
What do IDENTI-CHECK customers pay for search services?
IDENTI-CHECK prices are competitive and tailored to the client’s business circumstances. We work with clients to identify employee turnover rates and the types of searches needed. Then we work directly with the client and set the search service fees that accommodate the client’s circumstance and IDENTI-CHECK’s business requirements.
We do structure discounted rates to clients with larger employee turnover rates.
We make every effort to save employers money by providing the lowest rate possible depending on search variables.
Added IDENTI-CHECK benefits for all Illinois Chamber members:
1. Free online services (Candidates information can be submitted and results can be reviewed online)
2. First Basic Search Free- to observer the simplicity of utilizing our services.
3. 10% to 30% off discounted price depending on monthly average search volume.
4. Free authorization forms that employers must have employees sign before performing any background screening.
Why is it important to perform pre-employment background checks?
To Prevent:
o Accepting falsified or fraudulent information
o Costly litigation from negligent hiring
o Hiring a convicted drug abuser
o Hiring a convicted violent offender
o Protect ALL Assets, not only financial, but also employees, and clients
o Harassment and assaults in the work place
All employees should be screened regardless of position or size and type of company because:
o Over 60% of applicants have at least one of the following: bad credit history, a criminal past, bad driving history or falsified information on their application.
o Theft in the workplace occurs in over 90% of companies
o $150 Billion lost annually because of workplace fraud and theft
Facts that should never be overlooked by an employer:
NEGLIGENT HIRING is devastating to many businesses and can cost millions of dollars.
INCREASING NUMBERS OF EMPLOYERS ARE CONDUCTING PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CHECKS. - Today, a growing number of employers are being sued for “negligent hiring,’’ because they did not check carefully enough into the background of a potential employee. If an employee injures another employee or a customer, the employer may be held liable. That is why more background checks are being performed.
While court decisions vary from state to state, generally, three conditions are needed to sustain a claim of negligent hiring:
o The employee was unsuitable for the position for which he/she was hired. Unsuitable can be interpreted to mean not only that the employee lacks credentials and skills, but also that the employee’s background makes that person unsuitable.
o The employer knew or should have known of the employee’s unsuitability, but hired that person anyway. There is no universal agreement on how much effort or expense constitutes due diligence in attempting to verify suitability.
o The employee was able to inflict injury on the plaintiff as a direct result of the employee’s job description. It was primarily through the employee’s job, that contact with the victim was established.
Some added facts that highlight the importance of pre-employment background screening:
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
There are 6 million threats of violence and 2 million workplace assaults each year. 13 people die due to workplace violence every week.
EMPLOYEE THEFT
33% of employees admit to stealing a product or money from jobs in the last three years. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates dishonesty by employee’s costs 1%-2% of gross sales. It is estimated that 30% of business failures are directly related to employee theft.
FALSIFIED EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS & RESUMES
Applicants tend to stretch the truth. Statistics reveal that near 40% of applications are falsified!
EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
The cost of hiring, training, and then terminating one employee can be very expensive. According to William M. Mercer, Inc., turnover costs a minimum of $10,000; 20% of respondents indicated turnover costs exceed $20,000.
NEGLIGENT HIRING LIABILITY
In 1999, Trusted Health was ordered to pay $26.5 million dollars to the family of a murdered patient. Courts throughout the U.S. declared "prior to the time the employee is actually hired, the employer ... should have known of the employee's unfitness" and is liable if they did not perform an adequate background investigation.
Negligent hiring litigation is a growing problem! Employers lose 79% of all negligent hiring suits and the average jury plaintiff award in employment law cases continues to be in excess of $1.6 million! (Public Personnel Management - USA Today - Nov. 21, 2003) Damages are awarded against employers because of the employer's negligence and failure to perform a reasonable search into the employee's background prior to hiring. Courts have ruled that "an employer has a general duty to check criminal records for employees who will have interface with the public, or who could have a foreseeable opportunity to commit a violent crime against someone in the course of their employment."
Today's litigious society has created an environment that requires management to be armed with numerous tools. Many employers currently spend little time verifying the accuracy of employment applications; and, although they would like to adequately screen applicants, the cost to do so has, in the past, been financially prohibitive. Now, companies cannot afford to not perform background checks.
LAWSUITS
Here are a few examples of lawsuit judgments that might have been avoided had the employer been more diligent in hiring employees.
A car rental company recently paid $750,000 to an employee who was r***d by a fellow employee.
In a similar case and with different business, an appellate court awarded $4 million to a woman who was r***d by an employee. The ra**st had a violent crimes record but the employment application indicated no criminal convictions and the employer did not perform a complete background check.
A guard service was found guilty for inadequately checking a guard's references when the guard helped steal from their client. The charge - negligent hiring – was sustained because the employer failed to investigate the employee’s background and the employee had a criminal record. The damages paid exceeded $300,000.
At another company, an employee, who had previously been convicted of passing bad checks, forged signatures on sales contracts. The court judged his employer negligent and awarded $175,000.
After driving for a telephone company for only a week, an employee was involved in a traffic accident. The jury learned that the company not examined the employee's driving record prior to hiring and that the employee had received five traffic tickets within 18 months. That jury awarded the injured party $550,000.
A hospital was found negligent in hiring a kidney transplant coordinator who was unskilled in reading medical charts. As a result, a patient was given a transplant of a cancerous kidney, which resulted in the patient’s death.
