Despite the never ending winter in the North East the summer season begins around spring break as businesses like Disneyland and Six Flags begin to ramp up employment in early spring. Other amusement parks like Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdown will be adding an additional 2,500 summer jobs to their employment roster. With businesses ranging from retailers to restaurants needing additional employees to get through the summer crowds, it is important that they take the time to screen these seasonal workers before hiring them. Typical background checks include a criminal background check, social security validation and sex offender registry check. However, the temptation for employers to skip the background screening process for seasonal hires can be high. Many employers make the assumption that employment background checks are not necessary for part-time or seasonal workers. This assumption is not accurate and for risk mitigation purposes and to create and maintain a safe working environment a thorough background check including criminal background checks can help reduce risk and provide a safer environment for existing employees and for customers.
According to the Global Retail Theft Barometer 2013 – 2014 released by Checkpoint Systems in October 2014, total shrinkage among retailers in North America was an astounding $42 billion. This enormous loss can be reduced going forward by employers conducting thorough background screening on new hires especially seasonal hires. Pre-employment background checks for seasonal hires should be the same background screening process as with full time employees. Making the mistake of not counting a seasonal employee as a representative of the company they work for can be costly and performing professional and thorough employment background screening is always more affordable than the cost of bad employees. To learn more about summer hires and why background checks should be performed even for part-time or seasonal workers please read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release.