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Employers cannot consider mere arrests in hiring decisions

Filed under: Criminal Law, Litigation Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ March 24, 2012

We are often asked by those recently arrested whether they should even bother looking for a job in light of the arrest. Pennsylvania employers are forbidden from considering a “mere arrest” when making hiring decisions.  18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9125 permits employers to consider felony and misdemeanor convictions as they relate to the type of employment at […]

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