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U.S. Push on Illegal Bias Against Hiring Those With Criminal Records

Date: June 20, 2012

Author: Robb Mandelbaum

QUOTE: In April, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signaled that it would begin to crack down on employers who use the criminal histories of job applicants to discriminate against them illegally....many small businesses had no idea there was anything wrong with practices like a blanket ban on hiring anybody with a criminal record.

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• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The (EEOC)
• Justice Department/Department of Justice (DOJ)
• New York Times Company

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• Abstract Principles
  • Motivation/Rewards/Punishments

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Human Resource Development: General
    • Hiring / Recruitment

• Law & Justice
  • Commercial Law
    • Employment Law
  • Criminal Law
    • Criminal Justice System
      • Punishments / Prisons

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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