It is discussed in the media pretty often. By now, it is just accepted that it is terrible, so it is less sensational. Searching 'criminal record employment'

It is discussed in the media pretty often. By now, it is just accepted that it is terrible, so it is less sensational. Searching 'criminal record employment' in Google News yields > 600,000 results. 'Ban the box' gives millions of results 'clean slate law' gives > 80k results