I work for an assisted living facility. Our license REQUIRES US TO DO THE FOLLOWING: drug screen; fingerprint with a subsequent DOJ report on those fingerprints.
And .. this costs us $25 for the physical and drug screen, plus $86 for the fingerprints. We charge the employee for the fingerprints, but after 90 days, we reimburse them.
If any red flag comes up - WE CANNOT HIRE THE EMPLOYEE. And .. we do have red flags and we DO NOT hire those people.
MY QUESTION: WHY IS THIS PRACTICE NOT A STANDARD EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ..??
ANSWER: Cheap wages and probably no benefits.
While the press tries to imply these employees keep consumer prices down .. but the PRICE TO THE TAXPAYER KEEPS GOING UP IN REGARD TO WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, FREE MEDICAL, TAX BREAKS, etc., from our taxes - which always seem to be going up.
What these cheaper wages also mean is MORE PROFIT TO THE BUSINESS OWNER. I’m all for a business making a profit .. but not at the expense of the sovereignty of America.
All true.
What irritates me is the fingerprint checks required by state and federal regulations. They aren’t a ‘magic bullet’ politicians and the MSM would have you believe.
Your regs are the same I’ve encounter pretty much everywhere in that industry.