Report on How Errors in Criminal Background Checks Hurt Workers
This month, the National Consumer Law Center issued a report on problems with companies that offer criminal background checks to employers. Over 90% of employers now run such checks on some employees and 73% run checks on all potential employees. The Internet has facilitated the means by which hundreds of companies offer criminal background checks using data purchased from cities, counties and states. One company’s website brags it has 345 million criminal records available. About sixty-five million adults in the US have some sort of criminal record. The number one problem is that the data often has incorrect information leading...
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