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- Title
"MOVING THE BOX" BY EXECUTIVE ORDER IN ILLINOIS.
- Authors
SWEIG, MICHAEL; MCCLURE, MELISSA
- Abstract
The Illinois Constitution authorizes and empowers the Governor to enter Executive Orders regarding, among other things, state personnel administration. In twenty four localities and five states the inquiry regarding a person's felony convictions on employment applications has been moved from the initial application stage, to the points at which a job applicant has been selected for the candidate pool, and in some instances not until the candidate has been chosen as a finalist or even until after a conditional employment offer has been made. The moving of the felony conviction inquiry is known nationally as "Ban-the-Box." Among other things, this article argues that a better term would be "Move-the-Box," because the inquiry is not removed or "banned" from the employment process. The inquiry is moved to level the playing field for people with criminal records, to prevent their employment applications from per se rejection due to disclosure of a felony conviction before the candidate would ever have the chance for an interview. This article argues that the Illinois Governor should use the constitutional power of an Executive Order to institute a "Move-the-Box" hiring policy for employment of people with criminal records in the State of Illinois. The suggested policy would follow the recent lead of sister states that limit the felony conviction inquiry to the point at which an applicant has been given an interview, a conditional job offer or has been selected as a finalist for a given position. Illinois would not be alone should it implement a "Move-the-Box" employment policy. Using the Executive Order power would both effectuate an important social policy in state personnel administration, and would avoid extraneous politicization in the General Assembly.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; EXECUTIVE orders; EMPLOYEE recruitment; EMPLOYMENT of ex-convicts; CRIMINAL records; EXECUTIVE power
- Publication
DePaul Journal for Social Justice, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
2151-3090
- Publication type
Article