Another Idiotic law from a Democratically Controlled State.

The following just goes to show you how the Democrats feel about businesses.

It makes sense that Consumer Reporting Agencies are not happy about the new Michigan rule removing dates of birth from criminal records. The more information we have on the person being screened, the more complete their background check will be. 

But what do employers think about the new rule? Will it affect them? Trucking companies need every component of the background check completed in order to make an informed decision on a driver candidate. 

Michigan lawmakers say they made the decision to remove all dates of birth from public-facing criminal records in an effort to protect those in the system from identity theft. But the move has left employers concerned the change will put their clients at risk if they can’t be guaranteed fully accurate background checks on their drivers or employees. 

This change will affect employers in every state if they want to be able to hire someone who’s ever lived in Michigan. 

Every company understands how CRAs use dates of birth to make sure the person with the criminal record is the person they are trying to hire. Lots of names are the same – but a different birthday lets you know you have the wrong person. 

The announcement out of Michigan was an unpleasant surprise.

If we can’t match date of birth with names, then what do we have to rely on for our driving candidates? It doesn’t seem like a foolproof way to do a background check. Also, dollar signs floated through my head as well, because it’s like how much more money are we going to have to spend outside of the normal background check process to make sure that we are fully vetting our driver candidates? said one trucking company.



The implementation of the new rule has been pushed from July of this year until January 1st, 2022.