FACTS

• Employment screening and drug screening can have one of the biggest returns on investment of any policy or procedure that a company implements. Employment screening and drug screening prevents litigation, increases retention rates while decreasing hiring costs, and decreases theft and workplace violence.

• According to the U.S. Department of Labor, it costs a company approximately one-third of a new hire’s annual salary to replace an employee. For example, it would cost a company $6400 to replace a full-time employee earning $10 per hour.


• Employers lose 79% of negligent hiring suits with the average award in employment law cases being in excess of $1.6 million.

• $40 billion is lost each year to businesses due to employee theft and embezzlement.


• Drug testing can prevent accidents, lower workman’s compensation claims, reduce health care costs and contribute to a safer workplace. Drug use in the workplace costs $75-$100 billion annually to employers due to accidents, workman’s compensation claims, and lost time.

• Our statistics indicate that 27.4% of all employees screened by NSP within a six-month period had some type of criminal record ranging from misdemeanor traffic offenses to felony convictions.