Thread: Oregon employers can no longer filter job applicants based on CRIMINAL CONVICTION
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Old 01-02-2016, 03:38 PM  
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Originally Posted by mce View Post
If you are an ex-con, you can have very bleak employment prospects because there is a check box on most job applications regarding past convictions.

Oregon has banned asking such a question.

Oregon Employers Can No Longer Screen Applicants With Criminal Convictions . News | OPB

Is this a step in the right direction?

Or should such a filter be retained for certain types of jobs?

Oregon's 2015 legislative session proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that criminals like Senator Floyd Prozanski can force through any kind of law they want.

Do you happen to know the bill number and/or sponsoring legislators for this law?
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