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For a country that embraces a belief in second chances, America doesn’t do a very good job in extending the same fair chances to people with felony records. Approximately 24 million Americans have a ...

“Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” is a yes or no question found on an assortment of applications, ranging from jobs to scholarships, that most Americans answer without a second thought.

If the chaos of COVID wiped out all your memory regarding recent employment law changes, a short history lesson is probably in order. Nationally, a number of cities, states, counties, and ...

Wilmington’s new “Ban the Box” plan has some holes in it. For instance the city will no longer do a criminal background check on applicants before a conditional job offer is made for non-uniform jobs.

Business in the Community is calling on more employers to put an end to “archaic recruitment practices” that exclude ex-offenders after new prison research shows that the criminal record tick box ...