Could a Mistake on Your Background Check Get You Fired from Your Job?
An error on a background check may prevent a prospective employee from being paid hired for work, but could an error on a background check get an already hired employee fired from a job?
The pledge is “Yes” according to an article in the Baltimore Sun that tells the tale of a woman in Maryland who was fired from her job after an error on a regime background check mistakenly deemed her “unsuitable” for work on a regime contract even though she had no criminal record.
According to the Sun, Eschol Amelia “Amy” Studnitz, 59, lost her $58,000 a year accounting job at Corporate Mailing Air force (CMS) in July because a background check investigation for the Social Security Administration (SSA) – the regime agency CMS had won a contract to handle mail for – was returned as unsuitable for the low-level (Level 1) security clearance needed for all employees at the CMS facility in Arbutus, Maryland.
But, the Sun reports that the SSA wrote a follow-up letter to CMS in August reversing its choice on the background check so that Studnitz could work on the new contract, but Studnitz was not reinstated by her former employer due to reorganizing and held performance shortfalls or hired elsewhere in this tough job market. Studnitz has also questioned Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R – MD) to look into her case, and Bartlett is also considering legislation to pocket up future similar situations where inaccurate regime criminal background checks are the cause of action for loss of jobs for regime work, according to the Sun.
With background checks becoming increasingly common, the Sun report on Studnitz’s firing shows the impact that glitches in databases used during the background check process can have on employees, employers, and even the regime. While firings based on mistakes in background checks are relatively rare, errors and inaccuracies on background checks do occur and should be avoided at all expenditure – especially when the cost includes employment. Some jobseekers are literally taking background check investigations into their own hands by ordering “private” background checks on themselves to make sure their private in rank is accurate, current, and secure.
While most background check companies focus only on employers, MyBackgroundCheck.com – a lead the way in consumer requested background checks – offers both jobseekers and current employees the opportunity to perform private background checks on themselves to protect their private in rank. For extra in rank on private background checks, visit www.mybackgroundcheck.com, email info@mybackgroundcheck.com, or call 1-800-503-2364. To follow MyBackgroundCheck.com on Twitter, visit www.twitter.com/MyBackgroundChk.