The United States about ten to fifteen years ago allowed companies to crop up over the Internet, whose sole purpose was to find out about your neighbor. Millions became excited, they could check on anyone.
Men and women who were accused of sexual misconduct were listed. They were the first in a long line of casualties. Tossed out from rented dwellings, lost jobs, no medical, no way to maintain a home.
Back ground checks were created out of fear and frustration from law suits. Companies had no way of knowing if a person they hired was a criminal or not.
That was the entire process, had applicant A lied or omitted anything on the application that would need to be known, to make a good hiring decision. Legal safety for the corporation must be maintained. The cost of law suits were rising.
Companies then decided, they needed to check peoples credit worthiness. One would think this would be done only for cash handling positions. However, these same companies decided if they could deny a person for bad credit, who would ever sue.
The federal government wasn't really keeping an eye on the developing catastrophic bad behavior of employers. Law makers were more concerned with how to cash in on all those companies that wanted out of paying for health insurance. That is another story.
Back ground checks have been used to crush anyone who has a low credit score below 600 or less. Back ground checks have been used to stop LGBT folks from working. Men who are overly feminine. Women who are too masculine. Transsexuals who had name changes were cut or harassed so badly they quit their jobs. High numbers of Hispanics and blacks were hit hard due to criminal records, they could no longer omit.
Increasing background checks hit lists, enter the religious extremists. Women who were married more than once, unacceptable. Too many child or family obligations cut. Over weight people have always been easy to say no to or not call back after an interview. American employers have been having a field day using back ground checks on American citizens.
Back ground checks may not currently be illegal. As a future note, they may become illegal since these fly by night companies have taken the stance, there is no right to privacy in America.
Corporations complained they needed more information to make good hiring choices. This statement know longer holds true. American back ground checks gone wrong.
Men and women who were accused of sexual misconduct were listed. They were the first in a long line of casualties. Tossed out from rented dwellings, lost jobs, no medical, no way to maintain a home.
Back ground checks were created out of fear and frustration from law suits. Companies had no way of knowing if a person they hired was a criminal or not.
That was the entire process, had applicant A lied or omitted anything on the application that would need to be known, to make a good hiring decision. Legal safety for the corporation must be maintained. The cost of law suits were rising.
Companies then decided, they needed to check peoples credit worthiness. One would think this would be done only for cash handling positions. However, these same companies decided if they could deny a person for bad credit, who would ever sue.
The federal government wasn't really keeping an eye on the developing catastrophic bad behavior of employers. Law makers were more concerned with how to cash in on all those companies that wanted out of paying for health insurance. That is another story.
Back ground checks have been used to crush anyone who has a low credit score below 600 or less. Back ground checks have been used to stop LGBT folks from working. Men who are overly feminine. Women who are too masculine. Transsexuals who had name changes were cut or harassed so badly they quit their jobs. High numbers of Hispanics and blacks were hit hard due to criminal records, they could no longer omit.
Increasing background checks hit lists, enter the religious extremists. Women who were married more than once, unacceptable. Too many child or family obligations cut. Over weight people have always been easy to say no to or not call back after an interview. American employers have been having a field day using back ground checks on American citizens.
Back ground checks may not currently be illegal. As a future note, they may become illegal since these fly by night companies have taken the stance, there is no right to privacy in America.
Corporations complained they needed more information to make good hiring choices. This statement know longer holds true. American back ground checks gone wrong.
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