Ban the Box

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Policy initiative limiting employers’ access to criminal records

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Amara OmeokweWSJ Your Money Briefing · Salary History Ban Benefits Women, African-Americans · 6:04 · Jun 2020
…And so what ended up happening is that young African-American and Latino men were less likely to be employed after Ban the Box measures went into place.…
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Amara OmeokweWSJ Your Money Briefing · Salary History Ban Benefits Women, African-Americans · 5:47 · Jun 2020
…So one economist found that after jurisdictions implemented ban the box measures, which again limit an employer's ability to see criminal history, those employers then used race as a proxy for who was likely to have a criminal history.…
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Amara OmeokweWSJ Your Money Briefing · Salary History Ban Benefits Women, African-Americans · 5:09 · Jun 2020
…So for instance, there is a movement called Ban the Box, which seeks to limit employers' ability to see an applicant's arrest and criminal history.…
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