22-Year old Male Just Released from Prison Kills 2 People on the Job
As if We Need Another Reason for Employment Background Checks…
The recent killing of a North Carolina store manager and her unborn child shines a bright light on the risks employers take when they fail to conduct a proper employment background check.
The alleged story goes like this: Around two months after being released from a two-year prison stay for felony robbery and breaking and entering, 22-year-old Mark Anthony Cox robs the store where he was recently hired to work and kills the store’s pregnant 25-year-old manager. The owners of the store did not require a background check on Cox that would have revealed his prior felony. What’s more, in North Carolina businesses aren’t allowed to hire felons convicted in the last three years for jobs that involve serving alcohol, as this job allegedly did.
Tags: employment screening, negligent hiring
CA Employment Law, Employment Law, Employment Screening, Human Resources, Negligent Hiring | tlawson007 February 13, 2012
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