mce

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?

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I bet that over half of GFY is looking for rentals there now.

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It's funny that once in a while I'll see an application around here that says "Other than marijuana, have you ever been convicted of a crime?"...

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On a more serious note, this new Oregon law should be very interesting to most people from a public policy perspective because the US is an incarceration nation:

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baddog

Ex-cons make great teachers

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While you were probably joking, I have a friend who is an ex gang member from Detroit that has had more lead pumped into him at once than 50 cent who is now a Special Ed teacher. He put himself through school while living in a tent.

AaronM

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?

crockett

I'm mixed on this.. On one hand I think it's ridiculous to keep punishing someone who has already served their time and make it harder for them to get back on the right foot if they fuck up..

Meanwhile I'd sure like to know if I was working with a axe murder who got out of jail for good behavior...

Another issue, is its hard to even trust the current justice system, because it's all a ou t "getting them for something" rather than finding guilt or innocence.

xKingx

Wow I agree with Crockett

Rochard

One time at Playboy I interviewed a guy and noticed a three year gap in his employment history. When I asked him about it he told me it was a "mis-understanding" - He explained how he got into a fight with his girlfriend and pushed her out of the car. It was like it was no big deal for him. The three years missing in his employment history was because he was in prison.

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crockett

I'm easy to agree with as long as you aren't a drooling Republican..

MiamiBoyz

Once you have paid your "debt to society" you should be allowed to go on in your pursuit of happyness.

It's the American way.

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Interesting.

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mineistaken

Another libby state?

mineistaken

Employers "punish" applicants for many things (past, appearance etc etc). Why should this be excluded. It says something about a person as well.

kane

I agree. You hope criminals can move on and rejoin society, but if I am going to hire someone for a job where they might handle money or expensive merchandise, I think it would be nice to know if an applicant just spent time in jail for stealing.

crockett

Yes, but it also follows people their entire lives. It means a stupid kid or young adult can never have a real chance at fixing their life..

The moment someone checks that box saying they have a felony, even if it was 20 years prior means they likely will not ever get a "decent" job. IMO it should still be aloud for say 5 years, like it's still ok to ask if they have been convicted of a crime in the last 5 years.. That's reasonable but if you expect to rehabilitate people and make them useful members of society then at some point you have to forget their past and actually give them that second chance...

The current system in this country just keeps people as criminals their entire life..

MetaMan

Well can't you just not hire them if they are afro-american?

mce

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VikingMan

This might affect medium to large businesses that cannot get away with going around the prospective employees back and doing a check due to the HR department narcing on the company at some point but a small business can just go online and check the applicant and nobody is going to know. No check box is even needed in that case.

MiamiBoyz

kane

Very true. My nephew had a couple of different companies tell him that they didn't hire him because of the stuff he had on his Facebook page. There is plenty online about people now that the checkbox isn't even really needed.

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These policies will become very expensive or non-existent in Oregon. Does the state of Oregon plan on picking up the slack?

Employers are financially liable for damages caused by employee's dishonest acts and also for damages caused by violent acts by employees to the public or to other employees.

Manfap

Or the opposite, if you let them get a job, you don't have to pay welfare.

crockett

No one seems to care much when wall street fucks people over.. why worry about some ex cons?

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just a punk

A very good decision, because if a person has served it's prison time (or any other punishment) and probation, he/she is considered clear. As we say "судимость погашена".

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mce

Interesting point.

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jsmih

Per the story "The new state law permits employers to run a background check on candidates and ask them to disclose any past convictions after a first interview."

mce

Whoa. Those are real slaps.

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