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Posted: 4:53 PM Dec 11, 2006
UW System Requiring Background Checks
All new employees to the UW system now have to go through criminal background checks.
Reporter: Kevin Wondrash Email Address: kevin.wondrash@weau.com |
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The UW system is now requiring criminal background checks for all of its new employees.
UW campuses have until May first to come up with a policy to meet this new standard.
It is state law that someone cannot be turned away from a job due to a criminal record.
However, the background checks will provide for greater security on campus.
"If we determine that there is a substantial relationship between what the individual was convicted of and the duties that they are applying, then we will not hire them at this university,” says UW-Eau Claire Interim Provost Steven Tallant.
Previously, UW-Eau Claire did perform background checks for jobs dealing with children, money, and security.
Tallant says the added step in the process should not create any delays for the applicants.
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