Here are a few good reasons why business owners should include background checks in their hiring processes.  1: On the job violence costs employers $36 billion each year.  2: Up to 65% of resumes contain false or “tweaked” information.  3: $20 to $40 BILLION is lost in employee theft each year.  4: Half of all new hires don’t work out.  If these reasons aren’t compelling enough, please consider that background checks can help to limit or eliminate a company’s liability for an employee’s actions.  Just being able to prove that you thoroughly screened an employee prior to hiring him/her could protect your company from having to pay out large sums of money in a lawsuit.  Conducting thorough background checks is one sure way of helping to protect the reputation of your business.