Obama administration claims job background checks are 'racism'

[Shlomo]

States attorneys now opposing fed’s opposition to criminal background checks for new hires

Attorneys general across the country are fighting back against new Obama administration guidelines on businesses using criminal background checks for job applicants and two federal lawsuits that followed, calling both “a quintessential example of gross federal overreach.”

The nine attorneys general sent the letter Wednesday to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which in April 2012 voted in favor of the new guidelines that warn such checks can discriminate against African-Americans because they being are arrested at a disproportionate rate compared to the rest of the U.S. population.

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The commission said upon updating the policy that civil rights laws already prohibit different treatment for job applicants with different ethnic backgrounds but identical criminal histories.

However, the updates were issued out of concern that employers might disproportionately exclude minorities from getting hired because more African Americans and Hispanics are getting arrested and going to prison, according to the guideline report.

While the percentage of working-age Americans with a criminal record has increased significantly over the past 20 years, African Americans and Hispanics are arrested two to three times as much compared with the rest of the U.S. population, according to a commission report at the time of the vote.

Still, the suits have re-ignited concerns over such issues as potential federal overreach, the overlap of state and federal law and companies losing their rights to protect customers, workers and assets while trying to adhere to fair hiring practices.

More here:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/27/states-attorneys-now-opposing-feds-opposition-to-criminal-background-checks-for/

[White Israelite]

If background checks were waived, I wonder how many would keep a job before getting terminated.

Also how would one check to see if someone has a history of theft or what not? That could end up really bad if someone who has been convicted of violence or theft was in charge of say public records or customer data, not a good idea.

[Binyamin Yisrael]

In this country it's easier to get a real college degree than a job. Anyone can get accepted to college. But when you graduate, they prefer to hire people like Trayvon's "girl" friend.

For certain people though, getting a job is easier. Even with AA, they have a hard time in college. I guess basic reading and writing skills are racist white subjects.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

If background checks were waived, I wonder how many would keep a job before getting terminated.

Also how would one check to see if someone has a history of theft or what not? That could end up really bad if someone who has been convicted of violence or theft was in charge of say public records or customer data, not a good idea.

That's what credit checks are for. In some places your employer checks your credit regularly even after being hired.