The “Wild West” of Employment Background Checks
Report
Clean Slate
Topics:
Background Checks
Collateral Consequences
Criminal and Juvenile Records
Employment
Reentry population:
Adults
Date:
Source:
National Employment Law Project
The “Wild West” of Employment Background Checks
This fact sheet from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) helps lay the groundwork for this advocacy by providing some basic information on the various forces that have produced the unprecedented reliance on background checks for employment.
In addition, the fact sheet includes a checklist of some of the most promising laws and strategies to limit the availability of conviction and arrest history information and to hold the major players accountable.