OnlineBenefits and Wackenhut Ink Alliance
New services will help companies reduce employment risks.
Uniondale, NY (PRWEB) June 8, 2005 -- OnlineBenefits, Inc., an Internet-based
HR solutions firm, and The Wackenhut Corporation, a leading provider of security
and related services, announced today that they have formed an alliance to offer
advisory information and a full suite of services that will help clients manage
their employment risks.
Fraud, theft, sexual harassment, and workplace
violence are all realities companies face every day. To reduce these risks, it
is important for them to know whom they’re hiring, if their workforce is
drug-free, if they have employees engaging in unethical business practices, and
why good employees are leaving their company.
“Wackenhut offers
world-class background screening and hotline services,” says Alan Cohen, CEO of
OnlineBenefits, Inc., “and now at a very attractive price we can make these
corporate services available to smaller companies that haven’t had access to
them until now.”
William T. Hill, President, Consulting and
Investigation Services for The Wackenhut Corporation agrees. “This is one of
those relationships that just makes sense,” Hill says. “Both companies are in
business to help employers. We believe OnlineBenefits complements our services
and provides us with a new channel to reach employers.”
Distributed
through OnlineBenefits’ popular Client Community™ portal, these new “Employment
Practices” will consist of detailed advisory information about the business
necessity, the regulatory environment and the processes involved in such areas
as background screening, employee drug testing, ethics and compliance issues,
and exit interviews. “This up-to-date information is provided free of charge to
clients to help them make informed decisions,” according to Cohen. “Employers
who want assistance in any of these areas will now be able to click through from
the portal and register as a Wackenhut client.”
Employers register with
Wackenhut just once at no cost, and they get immediate access to background
screenings, drug testing, Anything2Say (exit interviews), and Safe2Say (the
ethics and compliance hotline). They pay only for the services they use on a
case-by-case basis.
The employment practices will be launched in early
summer.
About The Wackenhut Corporation:
The Wackenhut Corporation is
the U.S.-based division of Group 4 Securicor plc, the leading global provider of
security-and related services. With operations across the country, Wackenhut has
the expertise and the resources to meet its customers’ requirements for quality
security, training, and consulting and investigative services. Additional
information about Wackenhut is available at http://www.Wackenhut.com.
About
OnlineBenefits:
OnlineBenefits, Inc. is the HR solutions company behind the
well-known Benergy™ family of communication, administration and intelligence
products. Its market-proven solutions enrich the benefits and HR experience for
employers, employees and brokers in innovative, cost-effective ways. The company
designs, implements and hosts its Internet-based applications and distributes
them primarily in partnership through its network of over 450 of the nation’s
leading brokers and consultants. Currently, almost 29,000 employers of all sizes
use the Client Community™ portal and over 1,000,000 employees from 4,500
companies use the Benergy solutions. Visit www.onlinebenefits.com.
Contact:
Andrew
Ceccon
Chief Marketing Officer
OnlineBenefits
516-414-7008
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Katy Clark
Manager, Business
Development
Wackenhut
561-691-6417
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb248859.htm