How extensive is a criminal background search?
Written by admin on May 5, 2009 – 11:50 am -I had an incident on my last job. There was no legal action taken on the part of the company. I was allowed to resign my position and got another job. I am currently looking for a new position. My current employer did not do any type of criminal background check. I am wondering what information my previous employer would divulge or is allowed to legally.
Your current employer can do a legal check, only as long as it's legal. Also, there would have to be some court documents to back up their story, otherwise it won't show up.
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By LearningLaw on May 5, 2009 | Reply
Your ex-employer is only allowed to represent the truth, if they have represent or provide information which would discourage others from employing you or represent you in a way that employers would never give you the job, that is illegal and you can take legal action against them (your ex-employer).
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By lawlover24 on May 5, 2009 | Reply
Your employer has the right to do a criminal background check, to see whether you will be a liable or a dependable employee for their company. Think about it, assume your the employer, and the potential employee was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, would you consider that person to the position? No, i did not think so.
So, employers want to hire sane and reliable people, not crocked or ppl who scam the company.
Good luck.
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By MrKnowItAll on May 5, 2009 | Reply
If there was no legal action taken, than it presumably would not show up in a criminal background check.
It might show up if they check your references, and call your prior employer.
Your prior employer is allowed to divulge anything that is true. If they say something that hurts your reputation and they can't prove is true, that could be considered slander, and they could be sued. Because of this, many large companies have decided to never give anyone any references, good or bad, to be on the safe side. Smaller companies are more likely to tell people how they really feel about you.
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By JohnnyLee05 on May 5, 2009 | Reply
Your current employer can do a legal check, only as long as it's legal. Also, there would have to be some court documents to back up their story, otherwise it won't show up.
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