
Quoting
cyjeff
There are two overwhelming issues here.
One, that employers are saddled with these "guidelines" but not from the fallout. So, if I hire a convicted murderer for my new accountant, there is no protection from my receptionist's family when she spurns his advances and he butchers her like a suckling pig.
and Two, all the do gooders are perfectly happy to preach of equality, but then are the first to complain and threaten when the person in the next cube is the felon they have been trying to protect.
When my employees' safety is of concern, the applicant felon will always lose.
Having said that, I have hired felons of a non violent stripe for various positions after they have demonstrated, IN MY OPINION, to have lived a life proving they have learned from the mistake they made.
However, until the government is willing to pay me for the time and effort it takes to research a felon's rehabilitation, a felon will always start with a handicap.