Should Employers Screen Applicants for Problem Gambling Before Employment?

[Oilacris]

If im an applicant then i wouldn't really tell in regarding on what my hobbies are which does really have that chance on making yourself looks bad specially if it comes to addiction or does involved some

behavior which might really be putting up some risk on some company.They would really be that meticulous if ever they would really be ignoring or rejecting people who are involved on gambling.

I heavily agree on post above that its their rules since they do own the company or having the control of it, no matter or whatever rules or laws that had been implied
then it would be just basically needing for it to be followed by those people who managed on hiring people.

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[Baofeng]

I guess it's the same as other jobs though, you go to interviews and I don't think that the employer will be interested on your personal life. But there could be jobs that require a full check, like court records and others. Of course, there could be data that it not going to be released to them because of privacy. So I would say no, and maybe the best thing to do is to really monitor them, tell your managers if they will see some signs of early gambling addiction or any problems that might arise in the future.

[bittraffic]

I guess it's the same as other jobs though, you go to interviews and I don't think that the employer will be interested on your personal life. But there could be jobs that require a full check, like court records and others. Of course, there could be data that it not going to be released to them because of privacy. So I would say no, and maybe the best thing to do is to really monitor them, tell your managers if they will see some signs of early gambling addiction or any problems that might arise in the future.

Like if your job handles money or accounting. Embezzlement is a common crime among accounting employees, when they are in it the temptation is strong to feed the addiction. Just like how we do in online casinos these days. Sometimes portfolio decreases because we took some funds to bet in casinos. I rarely do it but yes it happens and I'm not even an addict.

[uneng]

In my opinion employers should have the right to select the employee's profile they want, because after all it's a p2p deal between both parties exclusively which shouldn't involve anyone else. If a businessman doesn't want a gambler on his payroll, that is his right to not want to hire gamblers, even if they aren't problem gamblers, there is nothing they can do about it.

The same is valid for another aspects and characteristics including age, gender, health conditions... Not every companies will use this metodology when choosing their employees, though, so it's not a big issue if a gambler is denied by one of them, since there will be still many others where he can apply for a job.

[Zlantann]

I guess it's the same as other jobs though, you go to interviews and I don't think that the employer will be interested on your personal life. But there could be jobs that require a full check, like court records and others. Of course, there could be data that it not going to be released to them because of privacy. So I would say no, and maybe the best thing to do is to really monitor them, tell your managers if they will see some signs of early gambling addiction or any problems that might arise in the future.

Any job that relates to keeping or recording funds needs a high level of financial prudence and self control. Hence, checking if an applicant has gambling problem or addiction is recommended. But the truth is nobody would agree to inform an employer that he has gambling problem. Maybe the firm would have to get the information from past employers, friends or family members. This because in my country their is now reliable database to check the criminal status or employment records of applicants.

[Silberman]

I guess it's the same as other jobs though, you go to interviews and I don't think that the employer will be interested on your personal life. But there could be jobs that require a full check, like court records and others. Of course, there could be data that it not going to be released to them because of privacy. So I would say no, and maybe the best thing to do is to really monitor them, tell your managers if they will see some signs of early gambling addiction or any problems that might arise in the future.

Any job that relates to keeping or recording funds needs a high level of financial prudence and self control. Hence, checking if an applicant has gambling problem or addiction is recommended. But the truth is nobody would agree to inform an employer that he has gambling problem. Maybe the firm would have to get the information from past employers, friends or family members. This because in my country their is now reliable database to check the criminal status or employment records of applicants.

Without a doubt someone that is managing a lot of money will be investigated way more profoundly than your average employee, and without a doubt criminal records will play a part in that investigation, so anyone that had any kind of addiction problem will probably never be considered for those kind of jobs, which shows why it is important to keep your records as clean as possible as you will never know the opportunities that you could lose due to any slip you may have had during your life.

[ethereumhunter]

I guess it's the same as other jobs though, you go to interviews and I don't think that the employer will be interested on your personal life. But there could be jobs that require a full check, like court records and others. Of course, there could be data that it not going to be released to them because of privacy. So I would say no, and maybe the best thing to do is to really monitor them, tell your managers if they will see some signs of early gambling addiction or any problems that might arise in the future.

Any job that relates to keeping or recording funds needs a high level of financial prudence and self control. Hence, checking if an applicant has gambling problem or addiction is recommended. But the truth is nobody would agree to inform an employer that he has gambling problem. Maybe the firm would have to get the information from past employers, friends or family members. This because in my country their is now reliable database to check the criminal status or employment records of applicants.

It is usual for a business owner to want to know the background of his employees to avoid problems that could occur in the future. But usually, employees who don't have problems can later cause problems in the future because everyone can change, whether it turns out to be good or bad. Here the employee needs to have the honesty to be able to tell about himself so that the casino owner can find out and maybe be able to provide a solution before he accepts that person as his employee. But that is very rare in a business place because usually the company only sees educational data, a glimpse of him, where he has worked before. For others, the company will check later.

[kotajikikox]

if they can find them out? then of course i don't wanna hire an employee that has been hard involvement into gambling because one way or another? gambling will surely be a boundary of problem from his part , maybe not in the beginning but eventually this will be a serious problem from the employer and of course the employee.

[malcovi2]

Employers have the right to pick their employees especially if the job requires in dealing with people directly, I wouldn't want to risk that a customer would caught an employee gambling when they are on duty. Also screening applicants with gambling addiction would be hard since they can just deny it.

[Chato1977]

Employers have the right to pick their employees especially if the job requires in dealing with people directly, I wouldn't want to risk that a customer would caught an employee gambling when they are on duty. Also screening applicants with gambling addiction would be hard since they can just deny it.

because it is their company and money that will loss along the way if they choose the wrong employee , and besides why would hire someone who is badly involving is gambling when there are lot of applicant that competent in the position and with no hassle in long time?
maybe those gamblers should realized that they must not turn their self in gambling more so they will not be penalize in finding job in the future.

[Darker45]

Yes, just as employers should also carefully screen applicants for other possible mental disorders. There is a reason why potential employees have to go through different levels of neurological and psychological exams before being accepted for a certain job. There is a reason why series of interviews and background checks will have to be conducted on a job candidate. This isn't only for the employer to successfully pick the best person. This is also to keep the company safe and secured.

I remembered there was a huge company in my country that went bankrupt and closed after decades of operation because of an employee who's addicted to gambling.

Having said this, monitoring and screening should be done not just to potential employees but also to current employees.

[electronicash]

i think there were circulating issue years ago when employers are checking facebook accounts of employees.
if the employers have the means to check. pretty much they have limited to what they could check since online gamblers are doing it privately  on their phones. even their wives today is likely not aware their husbands are betting on sports or playing poker on the phones.

[btc78]

I have some friends that gambled almost all their Life but still manages to work completely good, they are even one of the best employee in their field so I think this is depending on how the employee work and how is the managerial team taking this into account.

Yeah they might be gambling but after the work or at least with the amount they are only willing to lose and not a type of addicted gambler  who spend all their money to sustain their addiction.

[Strongkored]

I'd like to know your thoughts -  Do you think that employers should screen potential employees for problem gambling before employment?

Maybe the question will be how to screen it? through interviews? Surely every prospective employee will be prepared to answer questions well, including questions that may be trapping so as not to reveal his habits that reduce his chances of being accepted for work.
Or through testing? I think this is still unclear.
Actually, if an employee of a company experiences addiction, it will be seen from his work performance and the company can investigate before anything harmful happens because the employee steals or something else.

[traderethereum]

Do you think that employers should screen potential employees for problem gambling before employment?[/b]

If necessary, the gambling company can conduct interviews to screen employees trusted to occupy the position, especially if the position is related to finance.
With the interview and screening, it is hoped that the company can get honest employees who can be relied on in their work and provide good performance.
However, this may take a bit longer than the usual interviews companies do because this screening aims to select the right employees.
I'm sure the gambling companies can find the right people who will work for their company.

[Coin_trader]

I knew a lot of problem gambler that has no job at all but rather have there own business as source of money. Only few regular employee has the courage to soaked in gambling activities because they don't have time for it due to there job this is the reason why the employer doesn't care about this on job interview because they knew that only few problem gambler will have courage to go on job interview.

But incase there's someone will, I don't think it will be a problem because he is working 8hrs a day which means he will be away in gambling most of his time.

[lionheart78]

I'd like to know your thoughts -  Do you think that employers should screen potential employees for problem gambling before employment?

It should be since one of the jobs of an employer is to do a background check of the applicant to make a safe and secure environment for other employees and to safety the reputation of the company.  History of gambling habits and other vices that may lead to addiction must be checked by the employer.  This is the reason why the applicant is being interviewed and asked questions including their habits, hobby, and some needed personal information. Some company also make a background check on the employee to make sure that all data submitted is correct.

[davis196]

You are asking this as if the employers must be required by the law to screen their employees for addictions(not just gambling, but drug or alcohol abuse). I'm not sure about such labor laws being implemented anywhere around the world.
In reality, every employer decides whether or not to test his job candidates for such addictions.
I'm not an expert on labor legislation, but refusing to hire a person because he has an addiction can be considered as discrimination.
This might be the same as refusing to hire a disabled person, because he or she is disabled.
I don't know how such addictions can be spotted in a job interview. Simply asking the candidate "Do you have any addictions?" won't work.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

- I have experienced many times as an applicant, and almost all the companies I have applied to have never asked me about gambling.

  But if I amone of the employer, maybe it would be good for me to know that from an applicant during their interview. Because it can be included in
  my company when the time comes that I have an employee whom I don't know is addicted to gambling. It might even be a reason for my future
  employee to steal from my company just because of an applicant's gambling habit. But this is just a scenario as I said.

[xSkylarx]

I'd like to know your thoughts -  Do you think that employers should screen potential employees for problem gambling before employment?

It's ok to screen applicants if they have past gambling problem but that shouldn't just be the reason if he will get rejected. There are gamblers who know their boundaries and doesn't bring their personal issues or habits on their work. Though there are gamblers who have extreme addiction that could resort to some crime to the company or their workmate but only few would go that far because they could go to jail if they really do it.