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Tomorrow (3/4), the Labor Committee will hold a public hearing on H.B. 6474, "An Act Concerning Collateral Employment Consequences of a Criminal Record."
Smart Justice will be testifying, and we strongly support this bill.
Let's talk about why. 
People living with a criminal record should have a fair shot at getting their lives on track. When people are applying for a job, they should be evaluated based on their skills and qualifications, as individual people. But that's often not what happens.https://www.acluct.org/en/news/removing-collateral-consequences-record-now-more-important-ever …
95% of people who are incarcerated will return home to society. When they do, they will face more than 550 legal and policy barriers in Connecticut to supporting themselves and their families and staying on the right path. Employment is one of the most difficult areas.
Because of discriminatory barriers to jobs and stereotypes, in 2018, the unemployment rate among formerly incarcerated people nationwide was 27%. 45% of men released from incarceration don't have any earnings in the 1st year after their release. And it's getting worse.
During COVID, the barriers to jobs for people living with a record got even worse. Job agencies report that compared to 2019, only half as many job seekers with records were able to find placements.
Employment discrimination against people living with a record hurts people in every corner of our state, because mass incarceration hurts every community. And because of systemic racism, that discrimination disproportionately harms Black and Latinx people in Connecticut.
H.B. 6474, a bill up for a hearing tomorrow (3/4), is a critical step toward stopping employment discrimination against people living with a record. It makes CT stronger by requiring people be evaluated individually, not shut out of jobs by blanket bans. https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2021&bill_num=6474 …
In Connecticut, it’s *already* against the law for the State, when it does its own hiring, to deny someone a job just because of their criminal history. Instead, the state-employer has to look at the whole person. H.B. 6474 extends this to other employers.
When people are given a real, fair chance at putting their skills and talents to use after their arrest or conviction, they can and will succeed. H.B. 6474 would get us closer to that goal, and the legislature needs to pass it.
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