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Will new fed guidelines force companies to hire more employees with criminal pasts?
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Posted on 02/24/2013 6:02:21 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

Employers could be pressured to hire more workers with a criminal background under recent guidelines issued by the federal government. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines warn businesses about rejecting minority applicants who have committed a crime and recommend they eliminate policies that “exclude people from employment based on a criminal record.” The EEOC says civil rights laws already prohibit different treatment for job applicants who are of a different ethnic background but have identical criminal histories. The update was issued out of concern that employers might disproportionally exclude minorities from getting hired because more African Americans and Hispanics are getting arrested and going to prison, according to the guideline report.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: criminals; obama
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1 posted on 02/24/2013 6:02:32 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Mysteriously—unless not the least bit mysteriously—the average convicted felon’s criminal history is more readily comprehensible than President You Didn’t Build That’s.


2 posted on 02/24/2013 6:06:38 PM PST by Standing Wolf
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To: Standing Wolf

The new federal laws mandate hiring democrats.


3 posted on 02/24/2013 6:08:24 PM PST by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve. I predict FR will hate GOP Candidate for 2016 , because of his shoes.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I watched Atlas Shrugged 2 last night. Reading these headlines day after day with this corrupt and tyrannical administration is like living in an Ayn Rand novel.


4 posted on 02/24/2013 6:13:02 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

One would think, inasmuch as the messiah was calling for a national police force, these ex-cons will be recruited for Homeland Security jobs. Wow! Are we upside down or what!


5 posted on 02/24/2013 6:14:16 PM PST by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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To: Red in Blue PA
The update was issued out of concern that employers might disproportionally exclude minorities from getting hired because more African Americans and Hispanics are getting arrested and going to prison, according to the guideline report.

Notice it says minorities. Guess the white ex-con is screwed.

6 posted on 02/24/2013 6:22:37 PM PST by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: Red in Blue PA
First time some company sends an ex-con into my home to fix an appliance or tile a room - is the last time I do business with that company. Ever.

People who choose to prey on the innocent have obstacles to overcome. That process should not be done for them. And that crap about how they 'paid their debt' to society by sitting in a prison, doing drugs, watching cable TV, and being fed on the taxpayers dime is crap.

This horrible idea is a perverse incentive that will encourage crime. Wait, you'll see... Or look to Detroit where it's already happening and ask yourself if that's how you want your country to look..

7 posted on 02/24/2013 6:23:21 PM PST by GOPJ (To be free is to own one's risk - Jonathan Levy)
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To: Red in Blue PA
i guess any large gaps in employment will be considered "jail time" from now on and they will not get called for an interview, it will also force employers call EVERY previous employer they've had for the last ten to fifteen years from now on too... no answer/reply, no job
8 posted on 02/24/2013 6:29:04 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Hey Newbie, what do you think of this law?


9 posted on 02/24/2013 6:32:25 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Does that mean Jon Corzine can steal billions...I mean, find work again?


10 posted on 02/24/2013 6:40:14 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

This will do wonders for the unemployment rate....

Wana hire some one? naa.. we’ll do with out.


11 posted on 02/24/2013 6:40:14 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: GOPJ

How will you know if they send an ex con to your home I bet that information will not and can not be provided to the customer.


12 posted on 02/24/2013 6:44:23 PM PST by funfan
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To: NoLibZone

Well I don’t see anything wrong with sending a serial killer/intern to work for let’s say any democrats offices.


13 posted on 02/24/2013 6:55:04 PM PST by funfan
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To: Red in Blue PA

I swear every day I get closer and closer to just moving myself and my company out of the US. We’ll see...


14 posted on 02/24/2013 6:56:00 PM PST by The Duke
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To: Red in Blue PA

Obama voters voted specifically for this. Do not let them off the hook. They voted for Benghazi, they voted for The Iranian bomb, they voted for the North Korean ICBM, and they voted for this. Remind them of it.


15 posted on 02/24/2013 6:57:01 PM PST by magellan
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To: Red in Blue PA
The Nationalization of the U.S. private sector continues. Mandates for buying loyalities.
16 posted on 02/24/2013 7:06:35 PM PST by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: funfan

>>Well I don’t see anything wrong with sending a serial killer/intern to work for let’s say any democrats offices.<<

Let’s start by level in the party. I mean, there is no risk so no problem.


17 posted on 02/24/2013 7:09:29 PM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The trial lawyers have got to be doing the “happy dance” over this. The lawsuits are going to be rolling in.


18 posted on 02/24/2013 7:12:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Progressive, Marxist liberals do not evolve, they morph into fascists.)
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To: funfan
We'll know because ex-cons commit crimes. And they get caught. Then it becomes known who's hiring them.
19 posted on 02/24/2013 7:15:06 PM PST by GOPJ (To be free is to own one's risk - Jonathan Levy)
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To: GOPJ

So I take it now that our esteemed betters in Washington will hire ex-cons for their interns?


20 posted on 02/24/2013 7:17:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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