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By Adam Gorley | 5 Minutes Read July 27, 2015

Common anti-fraud controls ineffective at preventing and detecting fraud

A “typical” business can lose five percent of its revenue to fraud according to a recent global fraud study. And organizations are lucky if they detect the fraud at all. Most businesses find out about fraud from a tip, not from strong internal controls.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / anti-fraud policy, background check, code of conduct, controls to prevent fraud, corruption, employee fraud, employee monitoring, external audit, fraud, fraud detection, fraud hotline, fraud prevention policies, fraud prevention practices, fraud risk, fraud risk factors, fraud tips, fraud training, fraud warning signs, internal audit, Internal Controls, management review, misappropration, occupational fraud, reconciliation

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read June 18, 2015

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with changes to police record check; non-discriminatory explanation for firing; and ROE Web formats.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / background check, Criminal record check, discrimination, Dismissal, employment law, firing, HRinfodesk, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, police record check, ROE Web, ROE Web file versions, Service Canada, termination, terminations

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read November 25, 2013

Criminal record checks available free to not-for-profit organizations, starting November 30

Starting November 30, 2013, British Columbia's government will waive the $20 criminal record check fee for not-for-profit organizations that participate in a program that also offers free expert advice. Under BC law, employers in the volunteer and not-for-profit sector must obtain criminal record checks for job and volunteer candidates if they will work with children or vulnerable adults. The province's criminal record check program aims to alleviate the financial burden associated with the law.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Privacy / background check, BC, BC Criminal Records Review Act, Bill 11, British Columbia, criminal record check fee, criminal record check verification, criminal records checks, Criminal Records Review Act, Criminal Records Review Amendment Act, employee criminal record checks, Employment background checks, employment law, employment-related record checks, job applicant, job candidate, Police checks, police record checks, portable criminal record check, portable record check, redundant check, risk assessment, volunteer, volunteer candidate, vulnerable adults, vulnerable sector, working with children, working with vulnerable persons

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