Posted by raisinb on October 30, 2008, at 13:36:58
In reply to Employment background check and psych records, posted by Roslynn on October 30, 2008, at 12:07:49
Hi Roslynn--
It's my understanding that the Americans with Disabilities Act prevents them from denying you a job or firing you for MH issues.The only thing to maybe worry about is, different types of employers follow the law more or less stringently. I work for a state institution and they are on the letter of the law all the time. State ethics guidelines about transparency pretty much force them to. But I've heard of private employers trying to get out of following laws like this (they'd have to say the rejection was for something else, of course).
If you can, you might do some checking about whether this kind of check is even legal, if it contains material that should be confidential. Others on this board might know more about that than I do.
poster:raisinb
thread:859924
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