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Glob posted...

You say this sort of thing a lot.

While I dont think all jobs should require a police check, there are clearly some that do. I also think that while people shouldnt be made completely unemployable as a result of having a criminal record, the victim act doesnt quite ring true, especially when talking about discrimination. It doesnt belong to the same kind of behaviour as not employing somebody because of their race, gender, sexuality or whatever, because people dont choose those. While there are many factors at play, if somebody has a criminal record, thats generally going to be as a result of choices which they have made.

Also, Id dispute your claim that having a criminal record makes it impossible to get a job. I know many people with criminal records who have jobs. Very few of them have good jobs, in fairness, but they were able to gain employment.

I think you should only be denied employment based on a crime if the crime in question would be problematic for the job. Like say they got arrested for stealing from a cash register at another job yeah don't hire them as a cashier or any capacity where they are dealing with company money. If they have a history of being violent or aggressive I wouldn't give a spot dealing with the public.

I can't remember what state it's in but there is a bread company that prides itself on hiring felons. Think over 30% of its employees are felons. The owner is a felon. Pretty good bread too. Dave's killer bread. Their white bread is meh but generally I won't eat wheat bread but theirs...theirs is good.