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Article: Background Checks: A New Necessity For the Workplace.
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- Kiplinger Business Forecasts
- Article date:
- February 4, 2002
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Byline:Pamela M. Prah
Heightened concern about workplace security is prompting larger employers to fine-tune their systems for conducting background checks and has many small- and medium-size companies screening workers for the first time.
The numbers at one New Jersey-based human resource services company tell the story. Prior to Sept. 11, Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) typically saw between 200 and 500 new customers per month. In December alone, ADP received 10,000 new customers, and most of those were small to medium-size firms, says Dean Suposs, vice president and general manager for ADP's Screening and Selection Services. "The floodgates just ...