Justice

Is it right for employers to refuse jobs to ex-prisoners?

For

Businesses must protect their employees and customers.

Against

Denying jobs increases reoffending and blocks second chances.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • It depends on the crime.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • it’s perfectly reasonable for the business to hire the person without record.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Likewise, it is not right to discriminate in hiring for jobs where a clean criminal record is not legally required.
    RedditTranslated from Romanian
  • hiring should be based on interviews and current credentials and not stupid actions made YEARS ago.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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