Federal Bonding for Ex Offenders

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WHAT IS FIDELITY BONDING?

• Insurance to protect an employer against employee dishonesty
  covers any type of stealing: theft, forgery, larceny, and embezzlement
• In effect, a guarantee of worker job honesty
• An incentive to the employer to hire an at-risk applicant
• A unique tool for marketing applicants to employers
• DOES NOT cover "liability" due to poor workmanship, job injuries, work accidents, etc.
• Is NOT a bail bond or court bond needed in adjudication
• Is NOT a bond needed for self-employment (contract bond, license bond or performance bond)

FIDELITY BONDING SERVICES ARE USER FRIENDLY

• NO screening of applicants to be placed in jobs with Fidelity Bond use
• NO bond approval processing - local staff instantly issue bonds to employers
• NO papers for employer to sign to obtain free bond incentive for job hire
• NO follow-up and NO termination actions required by bond issued
• NO deductible in bond insurance amount if employee dishonesty occurs
• NO age requirements for bondee other than legal working age in State
• NO other U.S. program provides Fidelity Bonding services
• ANY job at ANY employer in ANY State can be covered by the bond

WHY IS FIDELITY BONDING NEEDED FOR JOB PLACEMENT?

• Employers view ex-offenders and other at-risk job applicants as potentially untrustworthy workers, thereby, denying them job-hire
• insurance companies will not cover risky job applicants under commercial Fidelity Bonds purchased by employers to protect themselves against employee dishonesty
• Anyone who has ever "committed a fraudulent or dishonest act" is deemed NOT BONDABLE by insurance companies, a situation leading to routine denial of employment opportunities for such individuals
• Being NOT BONDABLE is a significant barrier to employment possessed by the hardest-to-place job applicants; this barrier can be eliminated only by the Federal Bonding Program
• Job bonding enables employer to "obtain worker skills without taking risk"
• Persons who are NOT BONDABLE can ultimately become commercially BONDABLE for life by demonstrating job honesty during the 6 months of bond coverage under the Federal Bonding Program (such commercial bonding will be made available by the TRAVELERS Insurance Company.)

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR BONDING SERVICES?

• Any at-risk job applicant is eligible for bonding services. including: ex-offenders; ex-addicts (alcohol and/or drugs); welfare recipients and other persons having poor credit poor youth who lack a work history; individuals dishonorably discharged from the military
• Anyone who cannot secure employment without bonding
• All persons bonded must meet the legal working age set by the State in which the job exists
• Self-employed persons are NOT ELIGIBLE for bonding services (bondee must be an employee who earns wages with Federal taxes automatically deducted from paycheck)
• Bonds can be issued to cover already employed workers who need bonding in order to (a) prevent being laid off, or (b) secure promotion to a new job at their company
• Bonding coverage can apply to any job at any employer in any State

HOW CAN BONDS BE ACCESSED UNDER THE FEDERAL BONDING PROGRAM?

• Any agency is now eligible to deliver bonding services under the Federal Bonding Program: for many years bonding services were almost exclusively delivered by the State Employment Service
• All agencies issuing Fidelity Bonds must be "certified" to do so by the Federal Bonding Program
• The Fidelity Bonds issued to employers covering at-risk applicants are insurance policies of the TRAVELERS insurance co., made available exclusively to the Federal Bonding Program which is not duplicated by any other U.S. program
• Bonds are issued instantly to be in effect the day that the applicant is scheduled to start work; the bonds are self-terminating (no termination paperwork needed), and the employer does not sign any papers in order to receive the bond free-of-charge
• The bond insurance issued ranges from 5,000 to 25,000 coverage for a 6-month period with no deductible amount (employer gets 100% insurance coverage); when this bond coverage expires, continued bond coverage can be purchased from TRAVELERS by the employer if the worker demonstrated job honesty under coverage provided by the Federal Bonding Program
• Bond can be issued to the employer as soon as the applicant has a job offer with a date scheduled to start work

HAS BOND USED ACHIEVED SUCCESS AND RECOGNITION?

• 99% success rate for about 40,000 job placements
• Expanded access to job openings (greater range of occupations for placement)
• Improved service delivery efficiency (less referrals needed to secure job placements)
• Effective employer incentive for job-hire (findings of research study of employer attitudes)
• Reduced offender re-incarceration (Texas saves $10M annually)
• Eliminates barrier to employment (employer attitude barrier; NOT BONDABLE barrier)
• Generates tax payers and reduces tax users (research study findings)
• "User friendly" (virtually no paperwork or other administrative burden)