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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Law - "Are Criminal Background Checks Unfairly Discriminatory?"
That is the heading of an interesting item in the WSJ Law Blog yesterday, by Nathan Koppel. The intro:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is holding a hearing today on an important topic for companies: Can they consider job applicants’ criminal histories in making hiring decisions?The hearing will examine the law governing background screening and consider the extent to which individuals with arrest and conviction records face barriers in getting hired.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 27, 2011 08:53 AM
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