Obama Bans Hiring Bias Against Ex-Cons Seeking Federal Jobs

NBC News ^ | November 2, 2015 | Ari Melber

[sparklite2]

On Monday, President Obama is announcing a new order to reduce potential discrimination against former convicts in the hiring process for federal government employees.

It is a step towards what many criminal justice reformers call "ban the box" - the effort to eliminate requirements that job applicants check a box on their applications if they have a criminal record. While the rule was once seen as a common sense way for employers to screen for criminal backgrounds, it has been increasingly criticized as a hurdle that fosters employment discrimination against former inmates, regardless of the severity of their offense or how long ago it occurred. Banning the box delays when employers learn of an applicant's record.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They’ll be among friends.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Obama has hired federal employee criminals from day one, so this isn’t news.

[Autonomous User]

Yep. It is Just Like why sharks don’t bite Lawers....Professional courtesy

[butlerweave]

Obama is running out of Criminal friends to hire ,so he has a great idea

[Responsibility2nd]

Obama wants to hire criminals for federal jobs?

Nothing this POS does surprises me anymore.

[JudyinCanada]

It’s like he stays awake at night thinking of new ways to bring the country down. He must really, really HATE America.

[Sgt_Schultze]

He also need to make application names anonymous. Employers can just look for the “apostrophe” in a first name and infer a particular race to prune the pile of candidates.

[I Hired Craig Livingstone]

Gee. What could possibly go wrong?

[sparklite2]

“He paid his debt to society” is a quaint notion largely noted for its abuse in after-punishment punishment.

[husky ed]

So the Felons running the Post Office will have full access to the nations mail. Talk about Identity Theft ;')

Ed

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

If something goes wrong I guess the employer will be immune from suit???

[SMARTY]

That will make it easier for Hillary to get to the WH...SHE can be poster girl for THIS thing.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Comforting to know that your postman is a two-time felony rape convict, eh?

[Responsibility2nd]

I’m thinking what great job opportunities there will be for the goons molesting old white women at the TSA.

[Williams]

Sick Fing POS.

No points for being a law abiding citizen, of course.

Everything backwards.

[sparklite2]

I won’t know. And wouldn’t care. People gotta eat.

[Kickass Conservative]

>>a new order<<????

I’m very happy to know that either a President Cruz or a President Trump will cancel all of Obama’s Executive Orders the first day they are in Office.

Have any of the other Republican Candidates made that promise?

[sparklite2]

Has any president ever done that?
I honestly don’t remember it happening.

[I want the USA back]

It’s not “hiring bias.”
It’s good business sense