Maha Jweied: Businesses must lead on second chance hiring

1 big thing

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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One in every three adults in the U.S. has some kind of criminal record. That makes finding a job much harder, and has consequences not just for individuals and communities, but also takes a major economic toll on the country. One leader says businesses can advance the effort for so-called second chance hiring much faster than government. How her organization encourages businesses to help each other put more people back into the workforce. Guests: Maha Jweied, CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice Credits: 1 big thing is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, and Jay Cowit. Music is composed by Alex Sugiura and Jay Cowit. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can send questions, comments and story ideas as a text or voice memo to Niala at 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.7	Finding a job is much harder if you have a criminal record. How employers are making it easier.
0:37.0	Businesses have a unique way that they can advance fairness in our society.
0:46.1	They can do it so much faster than government.
0:51.6	Why one leader urges businesses to help each other to get more people back into the workforce.
0:57.0	There's profitability arguments, there is the demands of consumers, employees, and society at large,
1:02.0	but there's also just a human
1:03.8	values-based approach that is so really clinging to.
1:07.1	I'm Niala Boodoo and from Axios, this is one big thing. One in every three adults in the US has some kind of
1:19.2	criminal record. Our system of justice being so
1:25.0	so complex for small infractions you can get a record and for large ones as well.
1:30.0	Mahajawate is the CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice.
1:35.0	Upwards of 40,000 collateral consequences flow from that record.
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