OMG.. My Kitchen is FLOODED!

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It’s Monday morning and you wake up to find water all over your kitchen floor. Your husband has a business meeting in the city and is rushing to get out the door, the kids are racing through the house getting ready for school and you’re frantically mopping up water with towels and a mop. Your husband tells you to call a plumber to come out and fix the leak as he closes the door to the garage on his way out. You get the kids in the car; drop them off at school, and rush back home to contact a plumber. You open the phone book and make a few calls but most of the local plumbers are already tied up for the day. You resort to checking Craigslist and find a Handyman/Plumber with reasonable rates available 24/7. You make a phone call; they answer immediately and tell you they’ll be out to your home within 45 minutes. You’re happy because, the mess will be fixed and you can get on with your day!

You sit with a cup of coffee by the front window of your home and notice a beat up truck trying to find a house number. After several turns around the street you realize it’s the Handyman/Plumber you called to come out to fix your leak. You notice a variety of empty Starbuck’s cups on the dashboard, and when he opens the passenger side of the truck to get out his tool box, the tools are scattered everywhere. He flicks his cigarette butt as he walks up to your front door. He is covered in tattoos; hair is not combed, and looks like he just got out of bed, not to mention that your first instinct reminds you that he looks like a CRIMINAL!

He rings the door bell… and you open the door. Do you LET HIM INSIDE? You know absolutely NOTHING about him… Do you lie and tell him that you were able to fix the problem and thank him for his time? Do you ask for an ID badge to verify his credentials?

NO… You let him inside, you need that faucet fixed so you can get on with your day………Sometimes people are lucky and sometimes they are not. You know those times you read a horror story about what happened to someone exactly like you after they let a stranger inside their home all the time! Can you REALLY take a chance like that????

This story is not uncommon. More and more you read about women or seniors being alone at home during the day and opening their doors to strangers who do them harm. From home service contractors to door- to- door salesmen to even Caregivers, “Do you REALLY KNOW who the person is that you just let into your home or office?”

Claudia Bernard, owner of Protection Plus Solutions says “People need to “wake up” and not allow people not properly identified into their home or office. If their gut feeling tells them something isn’t right then it probably isn’t. They need to have specific questions fully answered before they allow a Repairman, Caregiver or even a Door-To-Door Salesman come inside. Does the person have verification that they’re working for the company they’re representing? Do they have a visible ID badge that says who they are and a phone number to call to verify this information?

Claudia says that her company Protection Plus Solutions provides a unique background screening service that offers “peace of mind” to homeowners and business owners alike because they can verify who the individual is that works in their home or business 24/7. “We monitor employees every month, not annually. Wouldn’t you want to know immediately if your employee had a criminal issue after hire, not a year later? Plus our ID badgeLINK system allows companies “Free of Charge” to post ID badges on their website that links back to ours to show customers that the person coming to their home is Crime-FREE if they use our background screening products.” For additional information regarding BadgeLINK please visit them at www.protectionplussolutions.com

WARNING!!!! CRIMINAL HIRED!!!!

Consider this scenario.  Employer “X” contracts with a Fortune 500 company to perform “door to door cable sales”.  The Fortune 500 Company does have a contract with Employer “X” to insure that background screening is performed, but never checks the credibility of the background checks they’re supposedly running.

Employer “X” hires 2 Sales Reps to sell cable in residential neighbors, but conducts no criminal or background search prior to hiring.  Both Sales Reps gets into a verbal altercation with a customer of Employer “X”.  The verbal altercation leads to a physical altercation with the one of the Sales Reps beating up the customer. The other Sales Rep smashes a window and destroys the customer’s property.  The customer ends up in the hospital and suffers physical injuries.  After Employer “X” is sued by the customer, it comes to light that both Sales Reps have a criminal record for assault and battery including theft.  The customer also sues the Fortune 500 Company for failure to insure that Employer “X” has performed the necessary background checks for both Sales Reps. The news media gets involved and although they mention the name employer “X”, they have a field day blasting the fortune 500 company all over the internet and local news stations! Customers are now worried about opening their doors to a Cable Door to Door Sales Rep and the Fortune 500 companies sales drop 35% Nationwide!

Employer “X” is sued for, among other claims, ”negligent hiring”, but the Fortune 500 company has deeper pockets and thus winds up with a multi-million dollar law suit against them and a mountain of legal costs!

So, what exactly is negligent hiring?  This “negligent hiring” holds employers responsible to third parties who are injured by employees when the employer has failed to carefully select competent and safe employees.  

In essence, the claim is that Employer “X” and the Fortune 500 company were both obligated to their customer to insure that a thorough  criminal background check was performed.

READ THIS!

 The Tort Reform Act of 1999 provides employers with a defense to negligent hiring claims if they conduct effective pre-hiring background checks.  The statute, entitled “Employer Presumption Against Negligent Hiring” applies to negligent hiring claims against an employer based upon negligent acts taken by that employer’s employee. 

The statute creates a presumption that an employer exercised reasonable care in selecting an employee if the employer conducted a “background investigation” that “did not reveal any information that reasonably demonstrated the unsuitability of the prospective employee for the particular work to be performed for the employment in general.” 

This is why a Criminal Background Check is imperative to ANY employer, but more crucial for employers who hire employees that work in the Home Service Industry, especially if they enter a customer’s home.

To obtain the benefit of this presumption, the employer must:

1.   Conduct a criminal background investigation on the  prospective employee with a  reputable background screening company like Protection Plus Solutions.

2.   Make reasonable efforts to contact references and former employers of the prospective employee concerning the prospective employee’s suitability for employment.

3.   Require that the prospective employee complete a job application, which includes questions concerning whether the prospective employee has ever been convicted of a crime.

4.   obtain, with authorization from other prospective employee, a check of the driver’s license record (if relevant to the work to be performed); and 

5.   Interview the prospective employee.

Thus, all employers should conduct background checks that comply with requirement numbers 1-5 above.

Why Choose Protection Plus Solutions??

Protection Plus Solutions, provides the most comprehensive background screening services for “door to door sales”.

We provide monthly monitoring, not annually of your Sales Reps and Sub-Contractors. We also make each Sales Rep and Sub-Contractor sign a waiver allowing corporate the ability to review information about the Sales Rep at all times.

Protection Plus Solutions ID Badging system allows home owners, business owners, and law enforcement the ability to review information about your sales rep 24/7 by logging into our secured website.

Wouldn’t you want to know NOW if your Sales Rep got into trouble after they’ve been hired? Our CrimSPY feature monitors your Sales Rep every month. Safe and Secure background screening is what Protection Plus Solutions is all about. Contact us today, hire safe and smart with PPS!

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