Remember “Ban the Box” and the fair chance employment bill from earlier in the session?
Well, it passed last night. Sort of.
An amendment to the original bill essentially wiped the prior version clean. Thus, whatever you think you knew about the measure you can put that aside.
At a Sentencing Commssion hearing last week, former state lawmaker Ernie Newton — who was convicted in 2006 on corruption charges — urged commission members to address hiring discrimination against ex-felons, reports CT News Junkie. There is no indication yet that they will do so, but his comments raised some eyebrows in the press.
Newton’s