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Target To Drop Criminal Background Question In Job Applications
October 29, 2013
Target plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its U.S. stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Huffington Post on
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At Target, criminal history check box ends for job applicants
Minnesota-based Target Corp. says it’s eliminating, nationally, the box on forms that asks if job applicants have criminal histories. A new Minnesota law requires private employers in the state to
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How Criminal Records Worsen the Jobs Gap
The Twin Cities region has one of the country’s widest racial gaps in employment, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The advocacy group Take Action Minnesota says one reason for
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‘We Are All Criminals’ is a Hard Look at Those Not Caught
Jeana Raines got her life back on Tuesday, as the Minnesota Board of Pardons wisely forgave and erased long-ago transgressions. The mother of three has since paid restitution for check
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Joint religious coalition organizes to support increase in state’s minimum wage
Monday, Oct. 21 saw a community forum at Grand Rapids’ Community Presbyterian Church on raising Minnesota’s hourly minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9.50 by 2015. The forum was
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Justice 4 All: Bridging the racial jobs gap
Did you know that in Minnesota one in five people have an arrest or conviction record that can show up on a routine criminal background check for employment? Community members
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Uninsured Find More Success via Health Exchanges Run by States
Robyn J. Skrebes of Minneapolis said she was able to sign up for health insurance in about two hours on Monday using the Web site of the state-run insurance exchange in Minnesota,
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Insurance exchange will force choices
For decades, Brad and Heidi Stokes have put health care at the center of every important life decision. Heidi Stokes, whose lupus was diagnosed when she was a teenager, picked
