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Ok but if I run a bank I don't want to hire Bernie Madoff, no matter how much time he served. So having the government tell me I can discriminate based on con
by mulmen 5y ago
Ok but if I run a bank I don't want to hire Bernie Madoff, no matter how much time he served. So having the government tell me I can discriminate based on conviction for financial crimes but not drug possession more than 5 years ago seems reasonable. At least to improve the status quo.
- mLuby 5y agoIf the government says an individual isn't allowed to do something, like work in a financial profession or live near a school, that's up to the government to determine and enforce: "quit/relocate or you'll be back in prison." Don't put that on businesses.
- mulmen 5y agoRight now there is a block list on hiring discrimination. I’m suggesting an allow list.
- LorenPechtel 5y ago"Drug possession" is also not monolithic to me. I'd be *much* more leery of hiring someone convicted of possession of addictive drugs than someone convicted of possession of recreational drugs. Recreational use can be done only in appropriate situations. Addictive use likely means they come to work impaired.
- mulmen 5y ago> Addictive use likely means they come to work impaired. For the rest of their lives? There’s a time dimension here that implies being clean for five years.