EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND SCREENING STANDS STRONG FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES…
In April, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
updated its approach to employee background screening.
Many anticipated that the EEOC would be implementing
restrictions on the amount of information employers are allowed to monitor when
hiring. Outright restrictions would have gone so far as to omit screening for a
potential employee’s criminal history.
Does an employer have the right to pry into their employees
personal lives, in order to establish a pattern of high risk behavior? If a
person has a history of theft or violence, do we in the rental community owe it
to our residents and staff to be aware of these potential threats and prevent
such activity to the best of our ability?
Should the EEOC have moved forward with the restrictions,
the safety of residents and staff in rental communities would have been greatly
impacted. Instead, they recognized a company’s right to conduct consistent and
unbiased, job-related background checks thereby ensuring a foundation for a
safer community.
-H. Evans
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