Concerning Deferred Adjudication and felony case's when looking for employment.?

Question

I have noticed alot of Job App's asking if you either have a felony conviction or been a particpant of deferred adjudicated case. My Question is if you have been in this situation, how did you overcome it to find employment.
Here is a website that has answered alot about Deferred Adjudicated case's. www.deferredajudication.org
The Question I believe is asked wrong, since deffered case's are supposed to not show a conviction, it isn't a felony, but is viewed as one.

Answer 1

That information MAY show up on a background check....and therefore affect employment or housing applications.



Even though they word the question differently - if it is legal to ask about arrests it is also logical to be able to ask about anything that comes after an arrest in the legal process. So, in many places - it is legal for them to ask this.



It all depends on where you are applying for work (not always the same as the state you live in). There are only 10 states that do not allow employers to ask about arrests.



In Oregon, we have several employers who routinely demand a "police contact sheet" of all hires. This includes every time your name was on a police report - whether you did anything or not. I am not saying I think this is RIGHT but it is what the LAW says. Until enough people make enough noise it will continue to be the law.



Also the law is what the state you are applying for work in says it is. If you have crimes in NY (that NY says can't be looked at after X years) and you apply for a job in Oregon, that job can and will consider those crimes anyway.

Answer 2

usually this questions appears on pre employment procedure, where you are only face with interviews, questionaires, exams, human resource dept. do this for pre-investigations, considering you lie and they found out you are a convicted felon and convicted with something associated with what your applying for 100% you're not going to be hired.