Repeat Job Seekers With Arrest Records Find Holes in D.C.’s “Ban the Box” Law Alma Cureton was dismayed when teenagers she had been mentoring told her they were afraid to seek employment because they had arrest records. Job applications, they told the 66-year-old former teacher, often asked them to agree to a background check to be considered for a position. In 2015, Cureton attended a D.C. Council hearing on the Fair Criminal Record Screening Amendment Act of 2014, known as “Ban the Box,” and heard stories of people being bumped off websites for declining to answer questions such as, “Have you ever been arrested,” before they could complete their online job applications. “Well, I ... Continue reading... http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...est-records-find-holes-in-dcs-ban-the-box-law
