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Is it illegal for employers to discriminate based on past convictions?
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Is it illegal for employers to discriminate based on past convictions?

Is it illegal for employers to discriminate based on past misdemeanor convictions that are not related to the job?


    




Judy
No, discrimation legally involves things like race, age over 40 or gender, not criminal history.


rwa000
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the employer can set their own policy as to who they hire, people with a criminal history are not in a protected class so therefore there is no discrimination


Miami
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Yes but since it's so hard to prove that you were actually discriminated against that probably wouldn't detour the potential employer from doing it.





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