For any large company operating in the United Kingdom, undertaking the arduous task of performing background checks on their employees is a necessity. With increasingly stringent laws and measures being implemented with the government’s right to work policies. As a result, it’s estimated that about 80% of companies in the UK carry out background checks.

Are you prepared to pay millions of dollars for negligent hiring? It may sound far-fetched but a negligent hiring lawsuit against a trucking firm in Illinois in 2019 resulted in a $54 million payout after a trucker with a highly dubious driving record crashed into a Jeep, seriously injuring the other driver, by driving the