In my experience for "good" salaried jobs, background checks come with or after the job offer (in NY it's after). Do these kinds of laws affect that? If I had a

In my experience for "good" salaried jobs, background checks come with or after the job offer (in NY it's after). Do these kinds of laws affect that? If I had a record, I'd rather know up front than accept an offer and then have it rescinded because of a background check. I've actually had friends with a record accept offers, work at place for a few days or even weeks, and be asked to do a background check (and then told to leave!).