Ban the Box? Criminal checks crucial to one, ‘vicious’ to another—a dilemma

By Beth Ewen “That filter is a cruel, cruel taskmaster,” says Scott Griffiths, the CEO of 18/8 Fine Men’s Hair Salons. He’s talking about technology tools that screen out job applicants—the background check, the credit report and perhaps the cruelest of all, the check-off box on applications asking about criminal convictions. ...