Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Part I - Polling conducted by GFK Roper 2012 Polling/Interviews conducted in February 2009 Polling/Interviews conducted in January © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions CONTEXT - Rasmussen Reports   Right Direction Wrong Track January 19-25, 2009 27% 63% February 20-26, 2012 32% 61% © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions CONTEXT – The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® January 2009 37.7 January 2012 70.8 © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions CONTEXT – Unemployment – Bureau of Labor Statistics January 2009 7.8% February 2012 8.3% © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Question – Employers & Types of Data “Please tell me whether or not you believe an employer should be able to review each of the following prior to making a hiring decision. For each item, please tell me if you think they should be allowed to review it always, usually, sometimes or never.” © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Question – Employers & Types of Data Arrest Record Criminal Conviction © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Employers & Types of Data - Arrest Record   2009 2009 Always/ Usually/ Sometimes 2012 2012 Always/ Always/ Usually 73.7% 70.3% 20.5% 94.2% 20.8% 90.1% Never 5.2% 8.4% © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Employers & Types of Data - Conviction   2009 2009 Always/ Usually/ Sometimes 2012 2012 Always/ Always/ Usually 81.3% 75.7% 12.7% 94% 16% 91.7% Never 5.1% 7.5% © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Part II - HR Professionals & Consumers 2012 Consumer Polling conducted by GFK Roper 2010 Polling Conducted by SHRM © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Question - HR Professionals & Consumers “If you were an employer, how influential would each of the following be in your decision to NOT extend a job offer to someone? Would you say not at all influential, not too influential, somewhat influential, or very influential?” © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions HR Professionals & Consumers – Summary of Somewhat/Very Influential Type of Crime HR Professionals Consumers Convicted of a violent felony 100% 95.5% Convicted of a non-violent felony 98% 87% Convicted of a violent misdemeanor 96% 88.3% Convicted of a non-violent misdemeanor 73% 74% Arrested/no conviction 31% 56.7% © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions Question - HR Professionals & Consumers “How influential do you think each of the following factors should be to an employer when deciding whether or not to extend a job offer to someone based on their criminal background check? Would you say not at all influential, not too influential, somewhat influential, or very influential?” © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions HR Professionals & Consumers – Summary of Somewhat/Very Influential Factors/Crimes HR Professionals Consumers Severity of the crime 97% 91.9% Number of convictions 95% 91.4% Relevance to position 93% 90.1% Length of time since the crime 89.0% Age of applicant when crime occurred 81% 87.9% © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association

Fair and Responsible use of Criminal History Data for Employment Decisions © 2012, Consumer Data Industry Association