Doing a Criminal Backgound Check a NoNo?

[Mufasa94]

Never thought that a business doing a criminal background check on a potential employee should be considered discriminatory against a minority.

To top it off, our federal officials want to try and force them to hire these less than exemplary people and give them missed out on back pay.

Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit

The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants.

apnews.com

Ridiculous

 

[McLovin32]

hmm, mark me down for the “Do not care about this” vote.

I only cared enough to read it and post this.

 

[millah_22]

hmm, mark me down for the “Do not care about this” vote.

I only cared enough to read it and post this.

 

[McLovin32]

I hope I don’t jack off

 

[ConvenientParking]

Employers should stop being lazy and using divining rods to make the hiring decisions.

 

[millah_22]

I hope I don’t jack off

this posts a piece of shit

 

[Jimmy McGill]

It is absolutely legal. I had to have one for my new job. There are bonofide reasons to do it depending on job.

 

[stickman80]

What the Sheetz wrong with doing background checks?

 

[Brian_Fantana]

Slightly confused. Are they trying to say that they hired white people at a higher rate than minorities with similar criminal backgrounds? Or are they saying that not hiring anyone with a criminal background is illegal, but it disproportionately discriminates against minorities? If it is the latter, I don’t know it makes it to court. I don’t know that I have ever had a job that didn’t do a criminal background check and it should clearly be allowed as a reason to not hire someone.

 

[Mufasa94]

Slightly confused. Are they trying to say that they hired white people at a higher rate than minorities with similar criminal backgrounds? Or are they saying that not hiring anyone with a criminal background is illegal, but it disproportionately discriminates against minorities? If it is the latter, I don’t know it makes it to court. I don’t know that I have ever had a job that didn’t do a criminal background check and it should clearly be allowed as a reason to not hire someone.

Other articles present it as the latter.

 

[OrlandNole]

Never thought that a business doing a criminal background check on a potential employee should be considered discriminatory against a minority.

To top it off, our federal officials want to try and force them to hire these less than exemplary people and give them missed out on back pay.

Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit

The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants.

apnews.com

Ridiculous

“Even when such necessity is proven, the practice remains unlawful if there is an alternative practice available that is comparably effective in achieving the employer’s goals but causes less discriminatory effect,” Lawrence said.

The EEOC notified Sheetz in 2022 that it was likely violating civil rights law, but the agency said its efforts to mediate a settlement failed, prompting this week’s lawsuit.

Seems reasonable to me.

 

[cfbfan23]

If they had just had a policy where they would reject all applicants who fail a criminal background check, this wouldn't have been a problem. It looks like they may have some racial biases when it comes to cherry-picking employees who did fail their background check.....at least that's how I read it.

 

[thewop]

If they had just had a policy where they would reject all applicants who fail a criminal background check, this wouldn't have been a problem. It looks like they may have some racial biases when it comes to cherry-picking employees who did fail their background check.....at least that's how I read it.

Yeah, seems like that's the only way they could run into something like this.

Background checks are pretty standard procedure anymore though. I had to have one to coach kids in county league flag football.

 

[alaskanseminole]

I hope I don’t jack off

"hope"? Who are you, Chuck Marstein?

 

[Brian_Fantana]

If they had just had a policy where they would reject all applicants who fail a criminal background check, this wouldn't have been a problem. It looks like they may have some racial biases when it comes to cherry-picking employees who did fail their background check.....at least that's how I read it.

Agree. That’s what I was trying to figure out at the article is poorly written. In one paragraph they say there is no allegations of racial bias, but then the paragraphs with the statistics make it seem they are suggesting that

 

[coloradonoles]

 

[Mufasa94]

If they had just had a policy where they would reject all applicants who fail a criminal background check, this wouldn't have been a problem.

Where in the article does it say that isn't the practice?

It looks like they may have some racial biases when it comes to cherry-picking employees who did fail their background check.....at least that's how I read it.

Where exactly is there a mention about cherry picking failed background checks? Or are you just making an assumption based on an accusation?

How about this article?

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues Sheetz over alleged discriminatory hiring practices

The company's hiring practices allegedly screened out applicants who were black, Native American, and multiracial.

www.cbsnews.com

The U.S. EEOC alleges that Sheetz has a practice of screening all applicants for records of criminal conviction and then denying them employment based on said record.