Under United States law, whistleblowers – those who report employee fraud or theft – may be entitled to receive up to 30 percent of the funds collected by the government or corporation that is being defrauded.

Examples of employee theft that may be worthy of whistleblowing include exaggerating time sheets, “skimming off” of assets, or falsifying invoices. These actions often go unreported for fear of the whistleblower being fired and perhaps even ostracized by others in his industry. But the whistleblower may have rights. Read more…

Also called integrity shopping, honesty shopping is the practice whereby trained shoppers act as ordinary shoppers, for the purpose of providing valuable sales procedure and customer service information to security managers and such. Most honesty shopping programs are designed to elicit the required information a company needs in order to make corporate decisions. Read more…

Numerous studies have found that an uncomfortably high percentage of new hires for many companies are a poor fit for their new position. These kinds of hiring errors are not only time consuming, but also costly, especially for small businesses. Unfortunately, until fairly recently, most businesses had only resumes, interviews, and broad applications to screen applicants. However, many are now finding that assessment testing is helping to fill in the gaps when searching for appropriate individuals for their employee candidate pools. Read more…