Meeting Employer and Job Seeker Needs: Criminal Record Policies that Work

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Anti-Discrimination Laws: Regulatory Enforcement and Policies at the NYC, NYS and Federal Levels
Employer Policies: Good Moral Character Requirement and Negligent Hiring
Education and Advocacy Strategies: Creating a Demand

When a young Phoenix man named Gabriel left prison after a four-year term for burglary, he was 21 -- the same age at which his uncle, P. David Lopez, graduated college and saw before him limitless opportunities.

But unlike that college grad, Gabriel "faced a world where his options, in many ways, were limited," Mr. Lopez said, "by stereotypes, by prejudice, by the law."

Mr. Lopez, the keynote speaker at the National H.I.R.E. Network’s Sixth Annual NYS Reentry Policy Conference, went on to become general counsel at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His nephew’s story mirrors the struggles happening all over the country, he said, and inspires him to keep fighting against discrimination in hiring.

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