Posted on 06/12/2013 7:36:12 PM PDT by TigerClaws
If you've got a policy against hiring anyone with a criminal record, you better review guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The EEOC today filed lawsuits against BMW's manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, S.C., and Dollar General, which is based in Goodlettsville, Tenn. The agency contends the companies' policies against hiring people who have been convicted of a crime violate the Civil Rights Act because they disproportionately cost African-Americans jobs.
(Excerpt) Read more at bizjournals.com ...
Hey, if the government can hire people with criminal records and give them guns and badges, you shouldn't have any problems with hiring criminals either.
State Department has hired [Diplomatic security] agents with criminal records, memo reveals...And we wonder about hiring prostitutes, pederasty and drug usage? What am I missing here?
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