I have seen the question framed as have you ever been arrested (NOT convicted) for a serious misdemeanor or felony. On 09/16/2010 03:03 PM, JD Austin wrote: > I'm glad I don't work somewhere like that. If I was > acquitted/exonerated of a crime I wouldn't list it on an application > either! I can't think of a reason anyone would. If it was a crime > I'd been convicted of that was later expunged I would list it though; > perhaps that is what you're referring to? > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 14:54, Tim Bogart > wrote: > > No. Maybe I didn't explain it clearly enough. No, they did not > terminate people for having a brush with the law and being found > innocent or acquitted or for whatever reason, were not convicted. > They terminated those people for *FAILING TO DISCLOSE* their > brush with the law, and the accompanying details on the > application. Understandable in my mind. > > Tim... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* JD Austin > > > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > > > *Sent:* Thu, September 16, 2010 2:48:46 PM > > *Subject:* Re: OT - Explaining periods of unemployment on an > application > > Hold on.. they fired people that were ACQUITTED of a crime? That > seems a bit too far :( > If a court can't find them guilty how can an employer? > > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 14:38, Tim Bogart > wrote: > > I like your response. At a company with which I worked for > many years, many years ago used to send me email on a daily > basis listing folks who had been terminated. Of those, many > were terminated because of falsehoods on their applications. > And of those, not nearly, but ALL were due to information > omitted regarding some crime that the individual had > committed. And they ran the gambit from robbery to murder. > Yes, murder, believe it or not. But in fairness, of those, > they involved folks who had been tried for murder and had been > exonerated by some means (found not guilty, thrown out due to > mistrial or other reasons) but the point is that they had > concealed the facts regarding criminal activities (I mean > seriously, how can you forget to list something like that, or > how can you think it somehow doesn't qualify as something a > potential employer would not be interested?) that are easily > checked. > > Tim B. > > I'm sticking with Grandpa Jones here... > "True is stranger than fact." > Hee-Haw > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss