Non-Compete Agreement Enforcement Begins with Gathering Evidence

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Having a non-compete agreement is an essential step in securing your business assets, almost like insurance, from one of the most damaging types of the potential employee theft; theft of your clients. Unfortunately, a signed agreement is only the first step. Once an ex-employee violates that agreement and begins stealing from you, you need the … Read more

Paul Dank Achieves Board Certification in Investigations

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For Immediate Release Contact: Harvey E. Morse, Founder- BAI Voice: 386-547-3600 harvey@ bestpi .com   BOARD ACCREDITED INVESTIGATOR Local Private Investigator successfully completes requirements and earns the Designation of “BAI”   The Board of Accredited Investigators, Inc. and lntellenet are proud to announce that Paul Dank. has completed all of the requirements to be awarded … Read more

Reputational Due Diligence

Senior executives charged with managing relationships and risk face the challenge of getting complete, accurate and actionable intelligence on the people, both internal and external to their organization, and businesses. Many rely on one of two avenues to develop this type of information; have someone inside conduct internet based searches, which is essentially “Googling” it … Read more

Screening a third-party employee

Screening a third-party employee So many of today’s business responsibilities are outsourced to contractors, freelancers, and temporary workers. This saves companies on overhead and all the costs that are associated with bringing on a full-time, permanent employee. However, while the cost of hiring extended work employee may be reduced, the price you pay by not … Read more

Why Investigating Employee Misconduct is Not Optional

As professional investigators who work regularly with corporate clients. including HR departments, corporate counsel, security leadership and outside counsel, with new clients, we sometimes encounter some reluctance to hiring a private investigative agency. This leads us to explain why investigating employee misconduct is not optional. The reluctance always seems to stem from one concern: their … Read more

The real cost of employee time theft

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For many, the idea of employee time theft evokes thoughts of one of two things: an employee taking a 5 minute break to send a text or two more than they ought, or the other extreme where an employee is not working and someone else is clocking them in that day. The reality is usually … Read more

Why Aren’t You Investigating Employee Time Theft?

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Investigating employee time theft is an uncomfortable area for many members of human resources and corporate counsel. For some it conjures up the idea that to do so is to “spy” on the employee. For others, it is simply something they have not dealt with before and is unfamiliar and causes them to pause. These … Read more

Retailers fight holiday return fraud

Holiday return fraud: Christmas is over, the gifts have been exchanged and the presents opened, but the holiday shopping season is far from over. It’s only December 26, and millions are already preparing to return unwanted gifts.  This year, many retailers are tightening up return policies to fight frivolous returns and flat out fraud. Before … Read more

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