I recently attended an EEOC Training Seminar in Pasadena where Maurice Emsellem, Esq., Director of the Second Chance Labor Project and National Employment Law Project provided an enlightening discussion on how criminal background checks have a disparate impact on people of color, California African American job applicants in particular. An interesting fact is that
Asking Job Applicants About Criminal Convictions
A benefit of using employment applications in hiring is the ability of the employer to directly ask an applicant if he/she has a criminal history that would show up if a thorough background check was conducted, according to Lester S. Rosen of Employment Screening Resources in his August 2009 article in the Lorman Education Service