Employment discrimination based on previous arrests

The Fair Credit Reporting Act permits private information vendors to report to the client employers information about a job applicant's arrests for the previous seven years, even if those arrests did not result in conviction. [Indeed, if the record-subject is applying for a job that carries an annual salary in excess of $75,000 per year, even the seven-year limitation does not apply.] At first blush, it seems preposterous that a police officer has the de facto power to saddle an individual with a lifelong employment disability.



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