Getting a teaching job with arrest record

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Apr 6, 2013, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by joypulv

We are talking about two different subjects:
1. Arrest vs conviction.
2. Whether or not expunged records are expunged from background check company databases.

Also, as I discovered in this thread, a background check cannot report arrests more than 7 years in the past (unless the pay is more than $75,000 per annum)

Invidious discrimination against potential high-wage earners, but that fine, I guess with the current Federal government. :(

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