Widescreen™ National Criminal Search

Workplace violence, employee theft and the risk of a negligent hiring or retention lawsuit concern many employers. If you fail to conduct a pre-employment criminal background check, or if you only conduct a single jurisdiction search, you might miss pertinent information - endangering your employees and/or the public and leaving your company open to liability.

USIS Widescreen helps broaden your criminal search. Obtaining invaluable information from Widescreen before conducting jurisdiction searches can dramatically improve your overall results.

Each USIS Widescreen National Criminal Check searches over 200 million records from numerous sources, including:

• State and county criminal record repositories
• USIS proprietary record information
• Federal Wanted Persons Search
• Terrorist Watch List
• Prison, parole and release files
• Sex Offender Registries
• Other state agencies

Clear reports are returned immediately, so information from USIS Widescreen can be used to make a preliminary offer, contingent upon more in-depth background screening. When a potential "hit" is identified in USIS Widescreen, USIS automatically reverifies the information with the courts - at no additional charge to our client.

USIS Watchdog™
A company with employees who have been on the job for several years could unknowingly have a criminal on staff. In such circumstances, even an employer who conducts thorough pre-employment criminal background checks could be found guilty of negligent retention.

USIS Watchdog helps employers identify current employees with criminal records. Watchdog also demonstrates due diligence, providing the company with a solid defense in the event of a negligent retention lawsuit. Once provided with an electronic file containing current employees' identifying information, USIS will screen those employees through our USIS Widescreen National Criminal Search as described above.