Panel Paper: Fair Chance Hiring: Efforts at the Federal Level

Thursday, November 3, 2016 : 10:00 AM
Jay (Washington Hilton)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Daryl Atkinson, U.S. Department of Justice


In November 2015, President Obama announced that the Office of Personnel Management was banning the box for federal employment. Since that time, the White House launched the Fair Chance Business Pledge where hundreds of private companies publicly pledged to embrace policies and practices that create employment opportunities for people with criminal records.