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- Title
HANDS-TIED HIRING: HOW THE EEOC'S INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT IS TAKING DISCRETION AWAY FROM EMPLOYERS' USE OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
- Authors
VALDEZ, CARRIE
- Abstract
The article discusses the impact of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) assessment on the employers' use of criminal background checks. It mentions the disparate impact theory of discrimination and impractical burden on employers due to individualized assessment. It adds the less hiring of minorities with the reliance of employers on criminal background check.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYERS; EMPLOYEE selection; CRIMINAL act; EMPLOYMENT of minorities
- Publication
Cleveland State Law Review, 2015, Vol 63, Issue 2, p541
- ISSN
0009-8876
- Publication type
Article