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HRinfodesk poll result and commentary: Do you conduct criminal record checks? Should you?

October 17, 2013 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Analytics, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Human Rights, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring

Criminal record checks are often in the news, and the federal government was part of that news with recent changes to pardons (now called “record suspensions”) and a program that encourages employers to hire offenders. So we thought it would be a good time to ask our readers, “Does your organization conduct criminal record checks on potential candidates?”

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