Breaking Down Data: Employee Attitudes on Fair Chance Hiring

The text highlights the importance of understanding employee attitudes towards fair chance hiring, a practice that involves considering an applicant's criminal history in the hiring process. Despite 83% of executives believing their company has created an unbiased hiring process, research found that three-quarters of them have researched candidates online to learn more about their background, and most say this research impacted their hiring decision. Unconscious biases against those with conviction history are a significant problem, contributing to institutional prejudice and perpetuating injustice. To combat bias, companies can educate internally about the benefits of fair chance hiring, audit and improve their adjudication framework, and consider using tools like Checkr Assess to create more inclusive hiring processes. With 87% of employees believing employers should offer jobs to candidates with dismissed convictions, companies have the power to expand on regulations to open their hiring pools to fair chance candidates.