At the end of every year it is always worth reviewing performance and it is good to know that our checks have proved incredibly valuable for most clients.
47% of employees are linked to another company: interestingly more checks are being done to establish an employee’s link to supplier companies and it has been revealed that nearly half of those checked have positive links to other organisations.
12% of candidates had CCMA records: a new service that was introduced was to check candidates for CCMA information and 12% of our people checked had interesting records at the CCMA.
31% of drivers licenses were false: the highest number of problems was encountered with the verification of drivers’ licenses and one in three of those checked were false in one way or another. Companies must remember insurance claims will be rejected if employees are driving company vehicles without a valid license.
22% of candidates had bad credit records: this does not mean a candidate is unemployable but it does enable a company to manage its risk.
10% of candidates had positive criminal records: this is an interesting decrease in the number of records but could be attributed to the introduction of the SAPS biometric checking system.
Identity theft
Despite the constant discussions around identity theft the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) has reported that in 2009 its members recorded identity crime and application fraud amounting to R720 170 608.00
This figure is lower than the R1,3 billion reported in 2009 and Pat Cunningham, executive director of SAFPS is of the opinion this is as a result of both the economic crisis during 2009 and due to the major financial institutions tightening up on credit granting.
However, the SAFPS does indicate that more than 11 700 people with false identities were filed on their systems during 2009.The SAFPS data also shows that the use of false documentation through the presentation of such things as false payslips, false bank statements and drivers licences was the highest number of filings amounting to 7880 reports.
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