I think in the initial application it should not be asked. It is a way to quickly dismiss someone. I think that in an interview process the question can be asked, but at that point the employer then has some face to face contact and thus can judge them more so on their interaction than on a checked box in an application. If people don't get a second chance than what motivation should they have for bettering themselves?
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Katelyn naum
B/c employers need to know that's person has a past and that they want to work and make lives better.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Only in job applications when directly related to the job. For instance child abuse and teachers. Otherwise very rarely.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
I think the degree to which they are able to ask, and about which level of conviction, should vary by job type (ie, ok to ask about crimes against minors in job involving working with kids, but not ok to ask about minor drug charges for general employment)
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
I think asking/knowing is okay, especially because gaps in work experience etc are usually a point of interest. I do think that in a perfect world knowing wouldn't mean job discrimination or workplace alienation.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Cause
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Only applicable ones like murder or armed robbery but even then there should be a fair opportunity to explain the situation.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Meg Osborn
"The box" effectively extends punishment indefinitely, long after a person has completed a prison sentence. Makes it exponentially more difficult to gain employment, housing, financial stability.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Katherine
If we truely believe that people who are released deserve a second chance and have served their, then why do we need to know about some of their worst moments in life? We don't ask people who have not been convicted to share their worst moments in their life.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Justin Clark
Making them report this on applications becomes such a barrier to entry for those seeking a better life once they have reentrted society. They've served their sentence; let them be judged on who they are now rather than what they were.
Raquel
I think in the initial application it should not be asked. It is a way to quickly dismiss someone. I think that in an interview process the question can be asked, but at that point the employer then has some face to face contact and thus can judge them more so on their interaction than on a checked box in an application. If people don't get a second chance than what motivation should they have for bettering themselves?
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Katelyn naum
B/c employers need to know that's person has a past and that they want to work and make lives better.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Only in job applications when directly related to the job. For instance child abuse and teachers. Otherwise very rarely.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
I think the degree to which they are able to ask, and about which level of conviction, should vary by job type (ie, ok to ask about crimes against minors in job involving working with kids, but not ok to ask about minor drug charges for general employment)
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
I think asking/knowing is okay, especially because gaps in work experience etc are usually a point of interest. I do think that in a perfect world knowing wouldn't mean job discrimination or workplace alienation.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Cause
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Anonymous
Only applicable ones like murder or armed robbery but even then there should be a fair opportunity to explain the situation.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Meg Osborn
"The box" effectively extends punishment indefinitely, long after a person has completed a prison sentence. Makes it exponentially more difficult to gain employment, housing, financial stability.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Katherine
If we truely believe that people who are released deserve a second chance and have served their, then why do we need to know about some of their worst moments in life? We don't ask people who have not been convicted to share their worst moments in their life.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
Justin Clark
Making them report this on applications becomes such a barrier to entry for those seeking a better life once they have reentrted society. They've served their sentence; let them be judged on who they are now rather than what they were.
10:10 AM | April 16, 2016
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