For the first time the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have partnered together to co-publish documents on employment background checks, explaining the rights and responsibilities for the employer and the job applicant.
The two documents are available on the EEOC’s website: Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know (http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/background_checks_employers.cfm) and Background checks: What Job Applicants and Employee Should Know (http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/background_checks_employees.cfm)
“The No. 1 goal here is to ensure that people on both sides of the desk understand their rights and responsibilities,” Peggy Mastroianni, EEOC Legal Counsel stated in a press release titled EEOC and FTC Offer Joint Tips on Use of Employment Background Checks.