Arbo
09-20-2013, 11:59 PM
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/09/whats-the-difference-between-government-background-checks-and-those-by-the-private-sector.php
As part of its war on standards, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing employers around the country for using the results of background checks to screen applicants for employment. The EEOC’s theory is that such screening excludes a disproportionate amount of Black applicants and, at least in the cases where EEOC sues, is not justified by business necessity.
But the federal government screens applicants for employment. And given the size of its workforce and the disproportionate representation of Blacks among those with prior criminal convictions, the government’s screening for criminal convictions surely excludes Blacks from employment disproportionately.
Accordingly, when employers are sued by the government over background checking, they seek to discover how the government used background checks. The government, for its part, fights like hell to prevent such discovery.
Good stuff. It seems one company does most of the governments checks, that would be the same company that passed the DC shooter and Snowden... who knows how many more.
And quite clearly, the government is showing the double standard they use by going after private companies while hiding their own procedures and data.
As part of its war on standards, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing employers around the country for using the results of background checks to screen applicants for employment. The EEOC’s theory is that such screening excludes a disproportionate amount of Black applicants and, at least in the cases where EEOC sues, is not justified by business necessity.
But the federal government screens applicants for employment. And given the size of its workforce and the disproportionate representation of Blacks among those with prior criminal convictions, the government’s screening for criminal convictions surely excludes Blacks from employment disproportionately.
Accordingly, when employers are sued by the government over background checking, they seek to discover how the government used background checks. The government, for its part, fights like hell to prevent such discovery.
Good stuff. It seems one company does most of the governments checks, that would be the same company that passed the DC shooter and Snowden... who knows how many more.
And quite clearly, the government is showing the double standard they use by going after private companies while hiding their own procedures and data.