Ok...I really want to see the EEOC tell me that. I own a firearms manufacturing business. I’m not allowed to hire felons and I wouldn’t in any case due to the risk level.
So, they can go pee up a rope for all I care.
The EEOC considering the only qualification is to operate a tractor trailer is absurd. But I have come to expect nothing less from government agencies.
It used to be the case that you could lose your government security clearance to work with classified material for a single drunk-driving conviction.
Millions of people who work as government contractors need these clearances to keep their jobs.
If you have a felony conviction on your record, forget even getting one.
Are those rules out the window too?
Do liberals ever consider unintended consequences? If I can't do a background check before hiring someone, I'll scrutinize the resume even more carefully and reject everyone with a significant gap in employment so I can avoid those with prison time (not that I'll say why I'm rejecting them, but that's what I would do). The problem is that long term unemployment will then become an even bigger black mark on the resume than it is now. And those who lie on their resume to cover up that prison time? I'll reject or fire them for lying, so they still don't get the job.
Within 6 years Hitler completely upset Germany. In 12 he totally destroyed it. We are almost at the half way point.
Ex-felons need jobs too. They have families and bills to pay. Many states won’t allow drug-related felons to get welfare. So... they have to get some sort of a job to live. If our goal in prison is to punish and rehabilitate, then after they’ve completed their time, there needs to be assistance in getting a job. If we don’t have legitimate jobs for ex-felons, we’re basically guaranteeing that they’ll resort to committing crime.
The point of the requirement and of all such regulation is not protection of minorities. The point is simply minute control of business decision making of all kinds at all levels.
So maybe a child care center should hire a qualified pedophile?
I’ll bet there are scammer ex-cons out there, experts in the EEOC law intricacies, who seek out unwary employers as prey.
If you do background checks on potential hires, you might want this done via attorney. That way, the check would be protected under attorney client privilege.
If the government says they can not be trusted to own a gun, why should I trust them around my business?