The BIG Hand of the Federal Government

[Neonred 3,562]

Feds file civil rights suits on companies using criminal background checks for hires

The Obama administration is suing Dollar General and a BMW facility in South Carolina for the alleged unfair use of criminal background checks for job applicants, months after warning companies about how such screenings can discriminate against African Americans.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/22/obama-administration-files-suits-against-businesses-using-criminal-background/#ixzz2X6CPkoki

Maybe those being "discriminated against" should stop committing most of the crimes.

[Teddy B 17,252]

An employer should have the right to check it's potential employees criminal background and hire a person accordingly.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Feds file civil rights suits on companies using criminal background checks for hires

The Obama administration is suing Dollar General and a BMW facility in South Carolina for the alleged unfair use of criminal background checks for job applicants, months after warning companies about how such screenings can discriminate against African Americans.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/22/obama-administration-files-suits-against-businesses-using-criminal-background/#ixzz2X6CPkoki

Maybe those being "discriminated against" should stop committing most of the crimes.

And does the stupidity ever stop.

[Neonred 3,562]

And does the stupidity ever stop.

Apparently not under this administration.

[Pooky 3,784]

Feds file civil rights suits on companies using criminal background checks for hires

The Obama administration is suing Dollar General and a BMW facility in South Carolina for the alleged unfair use of criminal background checks for job applicants, months after warning companies about how such screenings can discriminate against African Americans.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/22/obama-administration-files-suits-against-businesses-using-criminal-background/#ixzz2X6CPkoki

Maybe those being "discriminated against" should stop committing most of the crimes.

The only people being discriminated against here are criminals.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The only people being discriminated against here are criminals.

But somehow Obama says that overly impacts African Americans.. So is the President saying Blacks are more prone to be criminals. Sounds that way to me.

[Pooky 3,784]

But somehow Obama says that overly impacts African Americans.. So is the President saying Blacks are more prone to be criminals. Sounds that way to me.

I guess this means that the current administration engages in racial profiling, then.

[robbie jeannet 5]

Well dont the government do back ground and criminal checks on most of there future employes??????

[Pooky 3,784]

Well dont the government do back ground and criminal checks on most of there future employes??????

Absolutely. It's almost a prerequisite to be appointed to a cabinet position.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Well dont the government do back ground and criminal checks on most of there future employes??????

Ahh yes they do. I was a Govt employee for a week a few weeks ago. I had to undergo a very rigrous background check

Good point... Welcome aboard.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Not if you run for POTUS.. Just look at what we have now.No background check needed

[Póg mo 1,749]

Feds file civil rights suits on companies using criminal background checks for hires

The Obama administration is suing Dollar General and a BMW facility in South Carolina for the alleged unfair use of criminal background checks for job applicants, months after warning companies about how such screenings can discriminate against African Americans.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/22/obama-administration-files-suits-against-businesses-using-criminal-background/#ixzz2X6CPkoki

Maybe those being "discriminated against" should stop committing most of the crimes.

Or maybe people who have paid their debt to society should not have to worry about being arbitrarily dismissed or simply not hired until they leave the labor force.

From the EEOC own website:

Since 1994, BMW has had a criminal conviction policy that denies facility access to BMW employees and employees of contractors with certain criminal convictions. However, when UTi assigned the claimants to work at the BMW facility, UTi screened the employees according to UTi's criminal conviction policy. UTi's criminal background check limited review to convictions within the prior seven years. BMW's policy has no time limit with regard to convictions. The policy is a blanket exclusion without any individualized assessment of the nature and gravity of the crimes, the ages of the convictions, or the nature of the claimants' respective positions. http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-11-13.cfm

Also from the same site:

In Illinois, the Chicago office of the EEOC filed a nationwide lawsuit based on discrimination charges filed by two rejected black applicants. That lawsuit charges that Dollar General conditions all of its job offers on criminal background checks, which results in a disparate impact against blacks. Dollar General operates 10,000 stores in 40 states, plus 11 distribution centers. Ninety percent of all Dollar General employees are store clerks who are both stockers and cashiers at the stores.

According to the EEOC, one of the applicants who had filed a charge with EEOC was given a conditional employment offer, although she had disclosed a six-year-old conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Her application also showed that she had previously worked for another discount retailer as a cashier-stocker for four years. Nevertheless, her job offer was allegedly revoked because Dollar General's practice was to use her type of conviction as a disqualification factor for 10 years.

[Pooky 3,784]

As long as the policy is applied uniformly, how does this amount to racial discrimination?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

As long as the policy is applied uniformly, how does this amount to racial discrimination?

Because well over 60% of a certain minority group, have records.

[Karee 4,190]

An employer should have the right to check it's potential employees criminal background and hire a person accordingly.

How many years should they be allowed to go back? If you got a DWI when you were 23, should they be able to find out about it when you're 50?