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The SPJA Needs to Change Its Youth Protection Policy

Huh, that's interesting. I'm not used to living a life that isn't full of background checks, searches, frisks, and all that.

...If your state is not one of the seven listed above, then you are living in a place where no relevant legislation has yet been passed on this particular subject. Employers in these 43 states—from Michigan to Texas, and from New York to California—still have the freedom to ask that you pay to cover your own background check expenses. It doesn't matter if those expenses are incurred through county criminal screenings, state repository searches, or multi-jurisdictional private database checks. It also doesn't matter if you are being asked to cover the costs of a credit check, a driving history report, or a drug test. Without laws on the books, employers in these 43 states have the freedom to make you pay for any type of pre-employment background check—provided that it is not otherwise prohibited. Of course, that's not to say that all (or even most) employers in these states will exercise that freedom. As background checks have become more and more common as a component of the hiring process, more and more employers have also set aside budgets to pay for the background checks of their applicants. Businesses that run periodic checks on their existing employees are even more likely to cover the expenses.

More common is the practice for volunteers to be asked to pay for their own background checks. For instance, when a parent wants to volunteer in the classroom, or coach their child's sports team, they will customarily be asked by the school or the league to pay for a background check. Even in the states where employees can't be asked to cover background check expenses, volunteers can still be expected to pay their own way.

I have to make sure education students pass background checks every semester since they work very closely with young children in tutoring and mentoring capacities for a semester. Somehow, work that is tangentially related to youth because they happen to be in the same building for four days doesn't seem to warrant the same level of trouble and expense.

@leafy sea dragon Yes, because when gang bangers are gonna mess sh*t up, they go to the cartoon convention to work registration and hand out badges. Made out of cocaine.

Because my one church group I am a part off works with the youth group from time to time any of us who do so had to go through the STAND training online ourselves.

So ummm you wouldn't happen to have one of those badges you could let me borrow would you? I'd like to study it...for artistic reasons...yea....

I can't say that this is completely unnecessary. When I went to Anime Expo in 2014, there was a gambling vendor there and someone pickpocketed my friend who went to go get money to play it. I don't doubt that there was some ring going on with that vendor. So while background checks seem like it's asking a lot, it will probably weed out a lot of bad apples.

@leafy sea dragon Yes, because when gang bangers are gonna mess sh*t up, they go to the cartoon convention to work registration and hand out badges. Made out of cocaine.

@leafy sea dragon

I had a minor auto accident last year. I spent about 15 minutes on the phone reporting it to my insurance company. I drove to the body shop of my choice (recommended by the dealership and the insurance company) and spent another 15 or so minutes getting an estimate and an appointment for the work. A week or so later I dropped it off. I picked it up when finished and paid my deductible. That was it. Around here the police will not come to the scene of an accident on private property unless there is injury.