> 3. ...If I'm hiring for a financial institution, are they friends with known felons? (Um, just to clarify: "friends with known felons" is not a job requiremen

> 3. ...If I'm hiring for a financial institution, are they friends with known felons? (Um, just to clarify: "friends with known felons" is not a job requirement; it's a rule-this-person-out.) One should be very careful with this one! Hiring laws differ dramatically from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but I am pretty sure that in mine (England, Britain), rejecting a candidate on these grounds could get the would-be employer in serious trouble. One is forbidden to discriminate against those with fully served criminal sentences, and even less so against those with mere association with criminals, former or current. Naturally, it is not discriminatory if you choose whether or not to personally invite someone to work for you on these grounds, as long as this does not constitute any prejudice against a formal job application by that person.