From ABCNews (here):
Wal-Mart Requiring Background Checks for New Workers to Look for Criminal OffensesThe Associated Press
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Aug. 12, 2004 � Background checks will be required for all new store associates to check for criminal offenses before they are hired under a plan released Thursday by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.[...]
Wal-Mart announced the plan in a news release, saying the program would start in Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores in the Midwest in September and expand nationally over the next several months. It will check each applicant's history for various criminal offenses.
Wal-Mart said it is company policy that anyone who lies on the application will not be hired. The program follows a year of pilot programs nationwide and will be expanded to other Wal-Mart divisions in the future, the release said.
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Read the article in full, here.
From the Wal-Mart press release:
Wal-Mart Instituting Pre-hire Background Check Program For All Store Positions
August 11, 2004
Screening Program to Help Preserve Associate Integrit
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Aug. 12, 2004 � Wal-Mart will take a new leadership role within the retail industry by requiring background checks of all new store associates prior to hire under a program announced today and scheduled to begin in September. The retailer will initiate the program in the Midwest and roll it out nationally over the next several months.
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Wal-Mart�s program follows a year of pilot programs around the country.
As allowed by local laws, the background check program will review applicants� backgrounds for various criminal offenses. Applicants will not be considered for any position if they are found to have lied on their applications, which is the policy at Wal-Mart.
SAM�S CLUB will also launch a background check process for its associates in September. Wal-Mart will expand the applicant background program to other divisions in the near future.
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Read the entire press release, here.
Posted by Morgan on August, 12 2004 at 08:44 AM
