Why Back Ground Check is Rejected
The importance of conducting back ground check for employer, parents and business owner is already well known. We need to know clearly with whom we are dealing with. A growing number of criminal actions have increased our sense of alertness. Statistic shows that one of thirty two adults in United States has criminal records. Parking ticket could happen because of careless, but a criminal record of stealing, corruption or even murder should be known before any contract of employment or sales being signed.
However, the process of Background Checks is still has the contra opinion. The first reason is budget. Conducting back ground check requires investment. Some companies consider it as a good human capital investment; other small companies choose to deal only with people they know personally to avoid the cost of Criminal Background Checks. Other contra opinion is based on belief that background check is an invasion to privacy right and illegal discrimination. What happen to people in the past is not relevant to the current. This point of views forgive stupid actions has been done when people are younger and stand f for the fact they have already paid in the sentences they got.
The most important contra opinion for Criminal Checks or any other type of back ground check is the illegality issue. Since conducting a thorough back ground check need professional advice, the service should guarantee that the process is inline with legal regulation. For example, back ground check for employment purpose should follow FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act). FCRA requires written permission from the subject, a copy of report to be given to subject and a print out of subject’s rights based on Fair Credit Reporting Act. There some exception for certain type of business such as trucking, but the general rule governs that any back ground check should be done with the acknowledgement of the candidate to be employed. They have right to know if employer try to bring his or her past to present decision in employment. They have a right to check if the report is accurate or not. By these good practices, the privacy right could be protected.