SOC379H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Canadian Civil Liberties Association Reading: Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Criminal Record
Document Summary
Canadian civil liberties association false promises, hidden costs: the case for. Reframing employment and volunteer police record check practices in. An increasing number of canadian organizations are incorporating police record checks into their hiring and management practices. In many jurisdictions, these non-conviction records are frequently disclosed on police record checks. Human rights statutes provide varied levels of protection, at times prohibiting discrimination against pardoned convictions, while leaving those with non-conviction records open to unfair treatment. Some simply have zero-tolerance policies, requiring applicants to provide an absolutely clean record check. Others will say they exercise some discretion but will nonetheless err on the side of requesting more information and turning away individuals where there is any perceived link between entry on the police record and the position. Our interviews also revealed a general perception that a police record check is a useful risk- mitigation tool that will help screen out bad people and keep organizational assets and vulnerable clients safe.
