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A comment on John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and background checks. Parent comment

Re:John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and bac... by KirinDave on Monday April 11, 2016 @12:40PM (#11472870)
So why increase your costs using data that has no appreciable correlation with what affects your bottom line?

I worked temp out of college in the dot com bust. I lived out of a borrowed car. I was desperate for work and had relevant skills, but many temp agencies wouldn't touch me. It was stupid and dehumanizing, but it was also pretty unjustifiable.

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Re:John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and bac... by Bluestrike2 on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:39PM (#11473515)
Because it shifts perceived responsibility for any failures from the temp agency to the service that performed the background checks.
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Re:John Oliver on the ugly state of credit reporting and bac... by KirinDave on Monday April 11, 2016 @04:43PM (#11474924)
Except that the BC folks would never accept such responsibility, and the temp agencies require employers to waive the right to claim (limiting the damages to reputation).

So maybe that is the logic, but it's specious logic.

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