The EEOC just recently filed suit against two big firms because of their use of criminal history checks in their employment screening program. Criminal background checks are used by 69% of US Employers within their pre-employment and employment screening process. The EEOC guidelines are causing a lot of ripples in the employment screening arena. Some employers are clearly not discriminating candidates based on any of the protected classes listed under federal law; however, even non-purposely disproportionate results can lead to a law suit as the EEOC just made clear. It is a good time for employers to work with third party background screening companies to review their current employment screening policies and make any necessary updates to it to protect themselves from employment related law suits. It is especially important to review the use of criminal background checks in the hiring process. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-8-8-Employers-Review-Background-Screening-Policies.html