Do you think that employers should have to give preference to ex-convicts?
Flyingbug
2012/04/29 07:00:54
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The government wants to mandate that employers give preference to previously-incarcerated people. I think this should be left to the employers' decision.
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Patriot Unit 2012/04/29 18:10:08No, they shouldn't.
+6Nobody but Veterans should be given preferences in hiring. That includes people of color, ex-convicts, gays, or lesbians. Only your merits and work history should be considered on any job. The only exception should be if your a veteran as a reward for serving their country. but that should only be for government jobs. No private employer should be forced to hire anybody, they don't think is qualified, and would do the job they need done. But I also think that should be the same for government jobs. A veteran should not get the job based solely on them being a veteran. Their job merits should come first. If you have two who are just as qualified, and one is a vet, then they should get the job. but if the other is more qualified then they should get the job.
Quite frankly ..
the Preference should be for the Military transitioning out of the service ..
(too many are not finding their jobs waiting when they return .. or their jobs long gone) ..
US Citizens (law abiding) .. should also be hired too ..
No preferences for ex-convicts.
Gotta love govt bureaucrats! LMFAO!
The same thing for hiring disabled people not fully capable or as capable as someone with no physical disabilities. In a sense, a man or woman who has paid back their "debt to society" and released back into society has a social "disability" that would otherwise serve to impede their smooth transition toward becoming productive members of society. Also, society has a vested interest in ensuring as well as it can that the ex-con isn't recidivistic.
So in that sense it makes sense to recognize that the same reason why "affirmative action" was not such a bad idea back when we were, as a society, making the transition from segregated society to an integrated one, exists compelling society to try to rehabilitate former criminal offenders so they don't become current ones.
Btw, in the past, I have hired ex-cons (without getting any breaks) and the ones I hired were damn good workers.
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"The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's decision will help balance the playing field for job applicants with a criminal history," NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement. "Our criminal justice system is deeply biased against people of color, and that disparity can carry over to the job search. These guidelines will discourage employers from discriminating against applicants who have paid their debt to society."
When it comes to ex-cons, that needs to be taken on a case by case basis depending upon the job and the crime that they were convicted of. Obviously, someone convicted of a sex offense should not be hired at a school for example, or someone convicted of theft to a job requiring they go into customer's houses...