Are you an employer of labour?
Ever thought of hiring an ex-convict (ex-con)?
It is possible. I don't mind hiring one. Even Richard Branson wants your business to hire an ex-con.
The billionaire behind Virgin Group is encouraging companies to recruit people with convictions. He says putting past offenders to work "increases the talent pool, lowers the price tag of re-offending, nurtures entrepreneurial spirit and contributes to safer communities."
Branson, who has been advocating this cause for years, is setting an example by hiring peoplefrom prisons and rehabilitation programs to work for one of his British businesses, Virgin Trains.
In the past year, 3% of new hires at the company came through the recruitment drive. Virgin Trains now employs 25 staff who were hired in this way.
The rail company has produced a guidebook to help other employers get on board, giving suggestions about suitable U.K. charities and prisons that employers could work with.
"Recruiting people with previous convictions doesn't cost us any more than our normal recruitment drives and it results in highly motivated employees joining our company every year," the guidebook states.
Branson isn't the only one focused on this issue. Last year, the New York City Council passed the"Fair Chance Act," prohibiting employers from asking about a job applicant's criminal history until after the applicant receives a conditional offer of employment.
The act was intended "to address employment discrimination faced by individuals formerly incarcerated."
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| courtesy: CNN MONEY |
Further Reading: http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/20/news/richard-branson-virgin-jobs-prison-offenders-convicts/
Source: CNN MONEY
Based on a report titled, "Richard Branson wants you to hire an ex-con" by @Alana Petroff (July 20, 2016: 10:36 AM ET )
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