A federal district court judge thinks so. He ruled that conducting criminal background checks or credit checks when hiring people does not discriminate against African American applicants, as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) argued. It’s been estimated that 87% of employers conduct criminal background checks.
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