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The “Wild West” of Employment Background Checks

This fact sheet from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) helps lay the groundwork for this advocacy by providing some basic information on the ...
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Wanted: Accurate FBI Background Checks for Employment

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), discusses inaccuracies in FBI records and calls on the FBI to ensure that records are acc...

Misplaced Priorities: Over Incarcerate, Under Educate

Misplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from education and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have found that ov...
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65 Million Need Not Apply: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment

This report, from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), explores the exclusion of people with criminal records from work, which severely impacts...
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Collateral Costs: Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility

With this report, from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the author's inquiry focuses on the intersection of incarceration and mobility, fields tha...
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A Scorecard on the Post-9/11 Port Worker Background Checks: Model Worker Protections Provide a Lifeline for People of Color, While Major TSA Delays Leave Thousands Jobless During the Recession

This report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), documents both the failings and accomplishments of the Transportation Worker Identificati...

Researchers Examine Effects of a Criminal Record on Prospects for Employment

A team of researchers from Arizona State University recently conducted a three-year study on the impact of having a criminal record on employment-rela...

A Design for Workforce Equity

This report from the Center for American Progress proposes building a new future-proof Workforce Equity Trust Fund (WETF) that will enshrine fundament...

Criminal Background and Job Performance

Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...

Investing Justice Resources to Address Community Needs

This report from the Urban Institute highlights Colorado's Work and Gain Education and Employment Skills (WAGEES) program, which represents one of the...

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