Food Service Industry
As an organization operating within the food service industry, you recognize that with perishable inventory it is especially important that the employees who are directly involved in the production, storage, and final distribution of your products respect and uphold the integrity of your processes. What is more, increasing globalization of your industry has made it more common for your processes to intersect with employees who have lived or worked abroad and suppliers who are located in other countries – you need a single-source solution for background screening to handle your full spectrum of needs.
Kroll can help your organization create an employee screening program that will address the potential liabilities faced by your particular place within the product life-cycle and/or its final provision to the customer. Hundreds of food services clients rely on the vital employee background screening, vendor screening, and drug testing information Kroll provides before they finalize their hiring decisions. This has proven successful by demonstrating an increase in employee productivity while reducing turnover, workplace violence, theft, drug use, and negligent hiring risk.
Kroll’s more than 35 years of experience in providing screening and due diligence services provides us with unparalleled insight. As a result, our comprehensive screening services strengthen organizational integrity, essentially mitigating your exposure to risk in the hiring process so you can focus on what you do best – producing quality products and service.
Services of particular interest to food service organizations include:
Employment background checks – Ensures compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, helps reduce workplace theft and violence, and verifies that employees are qualified to handle their level of responsibility.
Supplier/vendor screening – Verifies the capabilities and integrity of potential and existing vendors – including business entities, key vendor employees, and vendor employees who work alongside client personnel.
U.S.- specific searches for food service organizations include:
Substance abuse testing – Helps organizations reduce the incidence of drug use and its effects in the workplace.
Form I-9 including E-Verify – Enables companies to accurately and quickly perform employment eligibility verification, reduce Form I-9 processing errors, securely store and retrieve I-9 Forms online, receive proactive notifications of employees’ expiring work authorizations, and help reduce the potential for identity theft.