If you’ve ever worked with debt collections, you realize employers skip trace social security numbers in an effort to track down a customer who owes the company money. That’s because a person’s social security number (SSN) is a key source of identity. Prior to 1986, it wasn’t unusual for people to wait to have their Read more »
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Why Check Employee Driving Records?
Some employers have no need of checking employee driving records because their employees stay on-site throughout their shifts. Those who employ the safety-sensitive workforce are mandated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to complete a Driver Safety Performance History on every potential new hire. The history includes obtaining driving records from every state in which Read more »
Cries for Help Intensify Across U.S. Amidst Fentanyl Border Crisis
Enter the words “fentanyl, deaths, and border crisis” into your search engine and thousands of results pop up. We specified July 2022 in the search and the number of local headlines on page one alone is enough to make you realize—if there’s any way that you hadn’t already—that our country is in serious trouble. In Read more »
How to Identify Methamphetamine Use in the Workplace
Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant and, moreover, it’s highly addictive. Someone who is high on meth can act very erratically. It’s important for employers and their management teams to be able to identify methamphetamine use. Someone who is under the influence of the drug while at work is putting themselves—and anyone nearby—at a heightened risk Read more »
What is a Needle and a Spoon Reference
A needle and spoon are prime pieces of paraphernalia if you’re addicted to heroin. Addicts use a spoon to heat and dissolve the darker, less pure form of heroin by mixing it with a bit of water. Once it’s “cooked,” they fill a syringe and inject it, preferably directly into a vein. They’re sure to Read more »
When Don’t You Do a Background Screening?
Human Resources (HR) is responsible for the hiring process and many companies include a background screening. If your company completes background screenings on potential employees, you know they get costly. In fact, some larger companies have contracts with a specific background screening company that provides bulk rates. Others pay as they go because they aren’t Read more »
Workforce Drug Test Positivity Highest in Two Decades
In 2019, we were heralding the fact that death due to opioid overdose was down for the first time in twenty years. Three short years later, statistics show that positive drug test results among the American workforce reached their highest peak since 2001. That’s an increase of 30% from the all-time low in drug test Read more »
What is a Cocaine Freebase Kit?
Instead of the powdered form that comes to mind when hearing the word cocaine, freebase is purchased in chunks more conducive to smoking in a pipe or bong. So, basically, a cocaine freebase kit consists of a pipe and a lighter—two things that addicts usually manage to have on hand at all times. When users Read more »