{"id":2120,"date":"2019-03-27T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2019-06-19T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:20:55","slug":"background-checks-whats-acceptable-vs-whats-considered-murky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/27\/background-checks-whats-acceptable-vs-whats-considered-murky\/","title":{"rendered":"Background Checks: What\u2019s Acceptable vs. What\u2019s Considered \u2018Murky\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Businesses are encouraged to be sensitive to privacy rights and issue during background checks, but where is the line?<\/p>\n

By Fiona Soltes<\/em><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s tight job market creates all sorts of challenges\u2014including the issue of background checks.<\/p>\n

Include them, and possibly scare off otherwise suitable candidates? Avoid them, and risk a problematic hire? And what of the often murky waters of privacy, balanced with protection?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conversation about background checks is changing,\u201d explained Rosaria A. Suriano, Esq., of Brach Eichler LLC. \u201cThe whole employment arena is changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Employers have been encouraged to be sensitive to privacy rights and issues, said Suriano, who represents clients that are involved in the material handling industry. Consider the recent grassroots and legislative efforts to \u201cban the box,\u201d or prevent employers from asking potential hires about criminal backgrounds. The idea is to give ex-offenders a better shot at employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other hand, the workplace has become more and more demanding,\u201d Suriano said.\u00a0 \u201cIt is essential to find employees who can handle the dynamics of increased levels of communications, meet client challenges and not cause issues in the workplace. How does one balance the cost and the risk?\u201d<\/p>\n

Analytics software company Burning Glass Technologies recently reported that fewer employers demanded background checks in 2017 than in previous years\u2014and the trend was especially pronounced in lower-skilled jobs. In 2017, for example, 14.1 percent of job postings for laborers\/warehouse workers required background checks; in 2012, that number was 16.6 percent. In the same time period, requests for operations managers\/supervisors dropped from 10.4 percent to 7.2 percent, and for janitors\/cleaners, from 21.2 percent to 16.6 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome occupations, however, have seen demand for background checks increase\u2014mostly skilled positions,\u201d the company reported in a January Labor Market Analysis piece on its site. \u201cIt\u2019s possible that employers see low-skill jobs as less risky compared to high-skill jobs, where workers might have access to sensitive information or company accounts.\u201d Increased requests were seen, for example, for business development\/sales managers, electrical engineers, human resources managers, graphic designers\/desktop publishers and manufacturing engineers.<\/p>\n

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