WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced the bipartisan Fair Hiring in Banking Act to reduce hiring barriers across the financial services sector. The legislation will ensure otherwise highly qualified individuals with minor arrest or conviction records are not prohibited from working in the financial services industry, and expands the Fair Hiring in Banking Act previously introduced by including credit unions.
“Americans with minor arrest records or previous convictions often face enormous barriers to reentering the workforce, holding them and their families back and depriving employers of potential talent,” said Senator Coons. “The Fair Hiring in Banking Act gives deserving Americans a second chance to find good-paying jobs in a robust industry while ensuring that Delaware’s banking sector can hire and support high-quality workers. I look forward to working with Senator Manchin and our colleagues in Congress to advance this bill into law.”
“The drug epidemic continues to ravage West Virginia, and many West Virginians have criminal records related to this epidemic. Even for highly qualified individuals, criminal records make it difficult to be hired for good-paying, long-term jobs, complicating their efforts to reintegrate themselves into society. I am proud to join my bipartisan colleagues to reintroduce the Fair Hiring in Banking Act to reduce hiring barriers in the financial...
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