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The Illinois Chamber- Background Checks on the Rise. How much do you really know about the person you've just hired? "Once employers understand that over 52% of job applications and resumes are falsified or exaggerated and that the average settlement in negligent hiring and retention cases exceeds $1.6 million, conducting background checks becomes an essential part of doing business," says Gloria Guy, Chamber Vice President of Member Services. Employers are getting the message. In a new survey conducted by ADP Employer Services, about 4.4 million background checks were conducted in 2004 (as compared to 3.8 million in 2003). The latest figure is triple the number of background checks conducted by employers in 1996. MORE

SJR- 100,000 to have residents reviewed for crimes. The law of unintended consequences apparently has struck highly lauded legislation intended to protect Illinois' nursing home residents from sex offenders and other felons.  MORE

President Remarks- Negligent Hiring. There are two words that have been devastating to many businesses and can cost you millions of dollars. Those two words are NEGLIGENT HIRING. 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.  MORE