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Census Sued For Not Hiring More Ex-Cons
April 14th, 2010
From the Wall Street Journal:
Suit Accuses Census Bureau of Hiring Bias
By NATHAN KOPPEL
APRIL 14, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau was accused in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of systematically discriminating against minorities in its 2010 census hiring campaign.
In the suit, job applicants claimed the Census Bureau was unlawfully screening out minorities by requiring all applicants to provide court documents related to an arrest, whether or not it resulted in a conviction.
That requirement has illegally deterred many blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans from applying for jobs, according to the complaint, which said these groups are arrested and convicted at rates that "far exceed" those for whites.
It also claimed the Census Bureau improperly excluded job applicants who had been convicted of minor offenses…
The Census Bureau didn’t return calls for comment. In an earlier interview regarding the bureau’s hiring plans, a spokeswoman said, "We will disqualify anyone with prior convictions or pending charges for certain categories, including murder, sex offenses, robbery, voter fraud, or other crimes that suggest a threat to safety or the integrity of census data."
“The safety of the Census data”? How about the safety of the people who are required by law to admit these people into their homes?
Applicants with criminal records, she added, won’t automatically be disqualified if they can "conclusively demonstrate that they do not present a current threat."
Oh well, that’s reassuring. But exactly who is going to make this assessment?
Samuel Miller, who represents the plaintiffs in the case, said: "The Census is improperly taking thousands of people out of eligibility for good jobs."
The suit was filed by New York law firm Outten & Golden LLP and seven public-interest organizations on behalf of two job applicants to the 2010 census. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in New York City, seeks class-action status.
Evelyn Houser, an African-American plaintiff, said in an interview that she was denied employment by the Census Bureau after she failed to produce court records of a 30-year-old arrest for theft, and that her record was clean since then. According to the complaint, the Census Bureau had learned of her arrest but still wanted independent documentation. Ms. Houser responded by providing the agency with fingerprints but no court documents…
Just imagine the barrage of class action lawsuits that would be brought if, after a string of Census workers crimes, it was discovered that the Census Bureau had done nothing to discourage the hiring of people with criminal records.
FUCKING LIBZ
April 14th, 2010
From the Wall Street Journal:
Suit Accuses Census Bureau of Hiring Bias
By NATHAN KOPPEL
APRIL 14, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau was accused in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of systematically discriminating against minorities in its 2010 census hiring campaign.
In the suit, job applicants claimed the Census Bureau was unlawfully screening out minorities by requiring all applicants to provide court documents related to an arrest, whether or not it resulted in a conviction.
That requirement has illegally deterred many blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans from applying for jobs, according to the complaint, which said these groups are arrested and convicted at rates that "far exceed" those for whites.
It also claimed the Census Bureau improperly excluded job applicants who had been convicted of minor offenses…
The Census Bureau didn’t return calls for comment. In an earlier interview regarding the bureau’s hiring plans, a spokeswoman said, "We will disqualify anyone with prior convictions or pending charges for certain categories, including murder, sex offenses, robbery, voter fraud, or other crimes that suggest a threat to safety or the integrity of census data."
“The safety of the Census data”? How about the safety of the people who are required by law to admit these people into their homes? Applicants with criminal records, she added, won’t automatically be disqualified if they can "conclusively demonstrate that they do not present a current threat."
Oh well, that’s reassuring. But exactly who is going to make this assessment? Samuel Miller, who represents the plaintiffs in the case, said: "The Census is improperly taking thousands of people out of eligibility for good jobs."
The suit was filed by New York law firm Outten & Golden LLP and seven public-interest organizations on behalf of two job applicants to the 2010 census. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in New York City, seeks class-action status.
Evelyn Houser, an African-American plaintiff, said in an interview that she was denied employment by the Census Bureau after she failed to produce court records of a 30-year-old arrest for theft, and that her record was clean since then. According to the complaint, the Census Bureau had learned of her arrest but still wanted independent documentation. Ms. Houser responded by providing the agency with fingerprints but no court documents…
Just imagine the barrage of class action lawsuits that would be brought if, after a string of Census workers crimes, it was discovered that the Census Bureau had done nothing to discourage the hiring of people with criminal records. FUCKING LIBZ
