Chamber of Commerce estimate employee theft costs U. Some unofficial estimates are THREE times as high. Twenty percent of the businesses that fail do so because of employee crime. .
One case that was interesting was the Salvation Army. Some years ago it was discovered that the Army's kettler's were helping themselves to the army's loot. What did they do? Turned to the honesty test. .
B E N E F I T S.
Reduces Employee Theft and Turnover .
Reduces Likelihood of Negligent Hiring and Wrongful Termination Lawsuits .
Improves Quality of Workforce .
Screens Out Applicants Likely to Engage in Counter-productive Work Behavior .
F E A T U R E S.
Appropriate for Use in Any Position in All Industries .
Easy to Administer, Score and Understand .
Takes Less Than 25 Minutes to Complete .
Can Be Administered on Paper or by Telephone .
Most Can Be Scored by Computer at Your Facility, or Faxed or Phoned .
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This tool can help you identify applicants who may:.
steal merchandise or money; .
misuse sick days; .
break company policies; .
give unauthorized discounts; .
Participate in other counter-productive work behaviors. .
Testing in Massachusetts? .
It is unlawful for any employer in Massachusetts, with respect to any of its employees or prospective employees " including any person applying for employment as a police officer " to subject such person to, or request such person to take, a lie detector test, or to discharge, not hire, demote or otherwise discriminate against such person for the assertion of rights arising under this law. This prohibition shall not apply to lie detector tests administered by law enforcement agencies as otherwise permitted in criminal investigations. .
All applications for employment within the commonwealth are to contain the following notice that must be in clearly legible print: .
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.