SHRM pledge promotes second chances for convicts
- February 1, 2019 |
- WILLIAM EHART
Taylor Associations and companies representing more than 60 percent of workers have committed to increase opportunities for the formerly incarcerated, according to Johnny Taylor, CEO of the $139 million-revenue Society for Human Resource Management. The largely untapped population can be a source of labor in a tight market, he said. The employers, including at least four national associations, have signed SHRM's Getting Talent Back to Work pledge. SHRM also developed a toolkit to help employers working with employees recently out of prison. The pledge and the toolkit were formally introduced at a Koch Seminar Network event in late January, where Taylor was among a group of… Read More