{"id":361,"date":"2014-07-28T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T11:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/?p=361"},"modified":"2014-07-28T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T11:31:21","slug":"criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employers have many legitimate reasons for conducting criminal background checks, from mitigating the risk of workplace violence and negligent hiring lawsuits to reducing employee theft. Those that reject candidates based solely on convictions or arrests, however, face a different kind of threat.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken the position that criminal background checks may violate anti-discrimination laws because minorities are arrested and convicted of crimes at higher rates than non-minorities. The EEOC&#8217;s latest regulations for business is 52 pages long and contains over 100 footnotes, making it a daunting document to digest and follow, unless you have some help. At <a title=\"Criminal background check employee screening\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backgroundcheckcentral.com\/contact\/contact_us.html\">BackGroundCheckCentral<\/a>, we know the law and can assist you in implementing a background screening program that fits your company, your budget and helps to keep you compliant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers have many legitimate reasons for conducting criminal background checks, from mitigating the risk of workplace violence and negligent hiring lawsuits to reducing employee theft. Those that reject candidates based solely on convictions or arrests, however, face a different kind of threat. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken the position that criminal background &#8230; <a title=\"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Criminal Background Checks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately. EEOC compliance is critical.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Criminal Background Checks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately. EEOC compliance is critical.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Corporate Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-28T11:31:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Dank\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Dank\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/\",\"name\":\"Criminal Background Checks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-28T11:31:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-28T11:31:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#\/schema\/person\/110bc82224fd04cc2febdfe24ba831c5\"},\"description\":\"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately. EEOC compliance is critical.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/\",\"name\":\"Corporate Services\",\"description\":\"Expert Private Investigators for surveillance &amp; background checks\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#\/schema\/person\/110bc82224fd04cc2febdfe24ba831c5\",\"name\":\"Paul Dank\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5336dd0c45925015d21cce129a134148c5a040ea122ee6e63b52c82eb1f6c9bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5336dd0c45925015d21cce129a134148c5a040ea122ee6e63b52c82eb1f6c9bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Dank\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/author\/pdank\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Criminal Background Checks","description":"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately. EEOC compliance is critical.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Criminal Background Checks","og_description":"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately. EEOC compliance is critical.","og_url":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/","og_site_name":"Corporate Services","article_published_time":"2014-07-28T11:31:21+00:00","author":"Paul Dank","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Dank","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/","url":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/","name":"Criminal Background Checks","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-07-28T11:31:21+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-28T11:31:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#\/schema\/person\/110bc82224fd04cc2febdfe24ba831c5"},"description":"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately. EEOC compliance is critical.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/criminal-background-checks-are-vital-but-need-to-be-handled-appropriately\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Criminal Background Checks are Vital but Need to be Handled Appropriately"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/","name":"Corporate Services","description":"Expert Private Investigators for surveillance &amp; background checks","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#\/schema\/person\/110bc82224fd04cc2febdfe24ba831c5","name":"Paul Dank","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5336dd0c45925015d21cce129a134148c5a040ea122ee6e63b52c82eb1f6c9bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5336dd0c45925015d21cce129a134148c5a040ea122ee6e63b52c82eb1f6c9bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Dank"},"url":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/author\/pdank\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asginvestigations.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}