London is calling. London is burning. It will probably get worse before it gets better. A lot of kids are rioting, and a lot of kids will be arrested. To say the least, some of the rioters will have some criminal convictions and some pretty nasty criminal records.
So how will employment screening work, going forward in the United Kingdom?
“Says here you were caught rioting.”
“No, I wasn’t. Wasn’t me. ”
“But you were caught on video lighting fires. You were arrested, tried, and convicted.”
“Nope. Must’ve been some other bloke.”
So what will the employment screening practices be when background checks reveal so many criminal convictions? Do human resources personnel cut the rioters some slack and chalk it off to a “bad period?” Or do these convictions carry over and those who were once difficult to employ are now totally unemployable? Or will the U.K. have the ban the box initiatives where job applicants will no longer be compelled to check the box in the affirmative for criminal convictions?
Can you riot all week and then claim you are being discriminated upon because a prospective employer is holding it against you that you have a criminal conviction? Interesting questions.
I wonder if in the near future we will be asking them here. In the USA.
