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Ban the box: Felony records can be job deal-breaker Tulsa World In the past 20 years, the number of major employers screening for criminal records has jumped from 20 percent to more than 90 percent. People of color are disproportionately convicted and suffer more discrimination after finishing their sentences. |
EEOC sues BMW, Dollar General over background checks New Pittsburgh Courier “There's so much information that's out in cyberspace these days about criminal history records that employers have to be extremely careful about how they evaluate any one report,” said Ray McClain, director of the Employment Discrimination Project for |
Court records: DUI suspect handed officer can of beer when asked for his TheNewsTribune.com Handing the Kent police officer a can of Miller Lite instead of his driver's license and identifying himself as a government assassin didn't help the DUI suspect avoid arrest, according to court records. His arraignment for the felony DUI charge is |
Worker arrested in Philadelphia building collapse had long criminal record NBCNews.com (blog) The man who operated a backhoe at the site of Wednesday's deadly building collapse in downtown Philadelphia had an extensive criminal history prior to his most recent arrest. Since 1994, Sean Benschop, 42, was arrested nine times and was found guilty |
Philadelphia Public School Notebook | Group protests new Pa. law on schools and criminal backgrounds Philadelphia Public School Notebook But Act 24 has made it difficult for MIMIC to operate because many members have criminal records. "This impacted some of the contracts and potential contracts that MIMIC has within schools, and it is denying service that is needed to some young people |
