Justice Department sues Dollar General and BMW for running background checks on potential employees




Because finding out if your potential employee is an ex-con is racist or something…

from WSJ:

Federal regulators Tuesday accused two large employers of improperly using criminal-background checks in hiring, the latest salvo in a contentious debate over whether such screening amounts to discrimination against black applicants.

In complaints filed in federal courts in Illinois and South Carolina, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said two companies discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and a U.S. unit of German auto maker BMW generally barred potential employees based on the criminal checks, when they should have reviewed each applicant. The commission said the policies had the effect of discriminating against black applicants.

The suits underscore increasing government scrutiny of criminal and credit checks, which are widely used to screen job applicants. Some 92% of employers use criminal-background checks for some or all job openings, according to a 2010 survey by the Society of Human Resource Management.


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Maybe it’s the DoJ whose racist for assuming that criminals are more likely to be black. Here’s a suggestion for you: if you don’t want to get disqualified for a job, don’t engage in criminal activity.

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