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'Like a permanent barrier': Ontario needs to change hiring rules for people with criminal records, report says (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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[–] johnefrancis@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

people can apply and receive pardons after a while, which seals their official records.

A problem mentioned here is that employers are using unofficial private records and using them despite the pardons. Private sector hiring practices need lots of reforms, from fake postings, to compensation transparency to data & records.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

It is fundamentally a wage suppression tactic just like immigration.

Anything to fuck over working people and government let's them