Posts Tagged ‘criminal background checks’
National Employment Law Project Reports that Millions of FBI Background Checks Are Inaccurate
If a company conducts a background check on you, how often will the information dug up be accurate? While employers and employees take these screening procedures seriously and base entire hiring decisions on them, a recent report from the National Employment Law Project, released on July 30, states that far more inaccuracies than you realize…
Read MoreIn Ohio, Background Checks May Be Required for Owning Exotic Animals
When well-caged and monitored, exotic animals make interesting, exciting pets. Yet, when the animals are allowed to roam like your average house pet, they end up posing a hazard. Because of this, an Ohio lawmaker is proposing higher standards for owners of exotic animals. Why Ohio and why now? According to the Washington Post, a…
Read MorePepsi Settles EEOC Charges for $3.1 Million: Poor Application of Criminal Background Check Results
Is your company looking for an easy way out when it comes to background checks in hiring decisions? The time and care taken to analyze results and consider each applicant, rather than using criminal history as a be-all-end-all factor, ends up having long-term positive consequences. What can happen from careless application of criminal background checks?…
Read MoreMinn. Allowing Former Criminals to be Employed as Care Workers
Many states require care workers – those working with the elderly, children, or the disabled – to have clean criminal backgrounds. Minnesota is one such state, but the Star Tribune revealed recently that 15,000 waivers have been granted to former criminals looking for such jobs. Taking additional steps away from safety, the state does not…
Read MoreDifferent Background Checks, Different Results
On many occasions, we talk about the disparity in results from a state-level background check and with those from a national one. Education and employment history aside, state-level background checks do not always give a full picture of an individual’s criminal history. On a basic level, such a background check may only examine criminal records…
Read MoreWithheld Background Check Information for South Florida Private Security Companies
In the past, we’ve mentioned that positions involving work with children, the elderly, or the disabled should have thorough FBI background checks; not all states require this, however, and as a result, a convicted felon may end up working in a daycare center or nursing home. But what if the job position is for guarding…
Read MoreHow Necessary Are Criminal Background Checks?
95-percent of all hiring employers require candidates to agree to criminal background checks before being a job is officially offered. At the same time, because the pool of unemployed workers has expanded greatly over the past few years, employers are stepping up their requirements for positions, not only for skills but also for the hurdles…
Read MoreEmployers Insist on Clean Criminal Background Checks, NELP Study Shows; Policies Result in Blanket Hiring Policies, Discrimination
Two weeks ago, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) put out a press release about a recent study conducted. NELP studied Craigslist ads in five major cities for companies of all sizes. What they found shows that employers of all sizes are essentially implementing blanket hiring procedures through criminal background checks, whether they realize it…
Read MoreWhen Should a Company Run Background Checks on Candidates?
When an employer is looking to fill an opening, he or she typically posts an advertisement, screens resumes, contacts candidates, does a few rounds of interviews, and, upon offering a position, conducts a background check. In most cases, this procedure is efficient, particularly because screening all applicants is costly. County Commissioners in Laredo, Tex., however,…
Read MoreAre Criminal Background Checks Discriminatory?
Is the use of criminal background checks in hiring decisions discriminatory? If criminal or credit history is used as a blanket measure, such screenings can keep the poor and minorities out of jobs.
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