Pending Charges in Maryland and Losing Job Offers

[SoopremeBeing]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MARYLAND

I currently have a pending charge of ID theft in Maryland. I have not been to court yet, as the prosecution keeps asking for a continuance(they can't seem to get their evidence together).

I am looking for work, but have lost 3 job offers due to this pending charge. One was from a hospital, and the other 2 were retail stores. None of the applications asked for pending charges, only actual convictions. It's gotten to the point where I don't want to interview anymore, and I am considering filing for bankruptcy.


Can anyone give some insight about Maryland law and pending charges for potential employees? I have come across information for other states, but not Maryland. Thanks in advance.

 

[quincy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MARYLAND

I currently have a pending charge of ID theft in Maryland. I have not been to court yet, as the prosecution keeps asking for a continuance(they can't seem to get their evidence together).

I am looking for work, but have lost 3 job offers due to this pending charge. One was from a hospital, and the other 2 were retail stores. None of the applications asked for pending charges, only actual convictions. It's gotten to the point where I don't want to interview anymore, and I am considering filing for bankruptcy.


Can anyone give some insight about Maryland law and pending charges for potential employees? I have come across information for other states, but not Maryland. Thanks in advance.

SoopremeBeing, you might want to include the work concerns you express here with your related thread in the Crimes section of the forum:

https://forum.freeadvice.com/other-crimes-federal-state-4/apology-statement-victim-615566.html

 

[Eekamouse]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MARYLAND

I currently have a pending charge of ID theft in Maryland. I have not been to court yet, as the prosecution keeps asking for a continuance(they can't seem to get their evidence together).

I am looking for work, but have lost 3 job offers due to this pending charge. One was from a hospital, and the other 2 were retail stores. None of the applications asked for pending charges, only actual convictions. It's gotten to the point where I don't want to interview anymore, and I am considering filing for bankruptcy.


Can anyone give some insight about Maryland law and pending charges for potential employees? I have come across information for other states, but not Maryland. Thanks in advance.

Your pending conviction for ID theft is not going to make you a popular choice for employers looking to hire people who will have access to customer's credit card information. I'd look somewhere other than retail if I were you.

 

[HC1432]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MARYLAND

I currently have a pending charge of ID theft in Maryland. I have not been to court yet, as the prosecution keeps asking for a continuance(they can't seem to get their evidence together).

I am looking for work, but have lost 3 job offers due to this pending charge. One was from a hospital, and the other 2 were retail stores. None of the applications asked for pending charges, only actual convictions. It's gotten to the point where I don't want to interview anymore, and I am considering filing for bankruptcy.


Can anyone give some insight about Maryland law and pending charges for potential employees? I have come across information for other states, but not Maryland. Thanks in advance.

Maryland law prohibits employers from asking applicants about criminal charges that have been expunged/dropped. Beyond that it is really their choice what they ask about in the hiring process prior to running the criminal background check. Many employers only ask about convictions that are relevant to the job. However, if they see a pending charge on your criminal background check that is relevant to the work you will be performing (i.e. access to customer's financial information, etc.) then they absolutely can take that into account when making a hiring decision.

Were you informed by these employers that you were not selected because of the charge on your background check?

 

[quincy]

Maryland law prohibits employers from asking applicants about criminal charges that have been expunged/dropped. Beyond that it is really their choice what they ask about in the hiring process prior to running the criminal background check. Many employers only ask about convictions that are relevant to the job. However, if they see a pending charge on your criminal background check that is relevant to the work you will be performing (i.e. access to customer's financial information, etc.) then they absolutely can take that into account when making a hiring decision.

Were you informed by these employers that you were not selected because of the charge on your background check?

That is not entirely correct as you wrote it, HC1432. If you read the other thread referenced above, I provided a link to what can and what should not be asked by a Maryland employer in a job application and in pre-hiring interviews.

While it is true that it is utimately up to the employer as to what is asked, some of what they ask in the hiring process can get them into legal hot water.

It was recommended to SoopremeBeing that he address the questions asked here in his other thread - and this was requested for a good reason. The questions in the Crimes section of the forum are related in a meaningful way to the questions asked here. Having two threads in progress that depend on each other in order to provide accurate and relevant advice is difficult. It is best to keep all questions to one thread - and the Crime section thread is the one where SoopremeBeing has already responded.