Boston reviews hiring policy amid questions about criminal background checks

There are new calls for Boston City Hall to take a close look at its hiring policies, specifically when it comes to background checks — after issues with two city workers involving criminal records.

The main question is whether the city should conduct a criminal background check for every single person it hires. The city’s Labor, Workforce and Economic Development Committee held a hearing Monday, with the city’s Chief of People Officer addressing the issue.

“There are some positions at the City of Boston which require interacting with vulnerable populations, other positions which are designated to interact directly with the public in unsupervised ways,” Alex Lawrence said during the hearing. “So generally, those are the two kinds of high level categories that might determine whether or not we run a criminal background check.”…

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