“The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” William Faulkner once wrote. Some job seekers learn that lesson the hard way, when a background check turns up a previous offense that costs them an employment offer.
In the past year, alleged assaults on passengers by Uber drivers in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and other cities have called into question whether Uber’s employment screening procedures are keeping their customers safe. As allegations of driver misconduct mount, a growing consensus has emerged: Private background checks are not good enough. Uber, like most companies, currently screens job applicants using background checks run by private consumer reporting agencies (CRAs). These checks are compiled through manual searches of local court records.
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