Matthew V. DelDuca Quoted in Desert News National Article, 'Should We Make It Easier for People with Criminal Records to Find Work?'
Matthew V. DelDuca, a partner with Pepper Hamilton and chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, was quoted in the August 22, 2015 Desert News National Article, "Should We Make It Easier for People with Criminal Records to Find Work?"
Ban the box legislation may also be problematic if it opens employers up to negligent hiring lawsuits, according to Matthew V. DelDuca, chair of the Labor and Employment Group at the law firm Pepper Hamilton.
“Employers are responsible for the reasonably foreseeable actions of their employees," he said. "Even employers who want to give an applicant a ‘second chance' have to evaluate the risk that the applicant will hurt someone by an act consistent with his past conviction."
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