The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is informing employers that they cannot refuse to hire job applicants with criminal backgrounds based solely on those past crimes. So why is having a rap sheet now joining race, gender and religion as a non-discrimination issue? What will happen to employers who reject applicants based on their criminal records? Why would compliance risk lawsuits from other employees? And what’s the best way to help ex-convicts become productive members of the economy? We ask Amy Ridenour, president of the National Center for Public Policy Research.
