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Legal protections against criminal background checks in Europe

This article discusses whether there is an increasing demand for criminal background checks in continental Europe. It also presents the legislative framework regulating criminal background checks in Europe where a requirement of ‘proof of a clean criminal record’ in public administration often co-exists with a situation where no specific laws regulate the rights of private employers to ask for such proof. Finally, the article suggests some legal protections for ex-offenders against the increasing use of criminal records in the job market and suggests that a law may be necessary to regulate the right of private employers to conduct criminal background checks.