{"id":5335,"date":"2016-10-03T20:27:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T20:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2016-10-03T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T20:27:32","slug":"3-myths-employer-completing-criminal-background-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-myths-employer-completing-criminal-background-check\/","title":{"rendered":"3 MYTHS ABOUT AN EMPLOYER COMPLETING A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Many employers do not know or understand the laws that apply when it comes to hiring or choosing to not hire a prospective employee with a criminal record. Additionally, the amount of misinformation that exists and that people hear from well-meaning friends or unreliable sources on the internet only add to the confusion. Below are several myths that exist concerning whether or how employers can use criminal background checks in the employment process and actual facts to dispel those myths.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">MYTH #1<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-myths-employer-completing-criminal-background-check\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 3 MYTHS ABOUT AN EMPLOYER COMPLETING A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Many employers do not know or understand the laws that apply when it comes to hiring or choosing to not hire a prospective employee with a criminal record. Additionally, the amount of misinformation that exists and that people hear from well-meaning friends or unreliable sources on the internet only add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 MYTHS ABOUT AN EMPLOYER COMPLETING A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you are an employer and have questions about completing criminal background checks on your current or prospective employees, we can help you. 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