article_snippet.sent: Koch Industries' recent announcement that Koch Industries' will "ban the box" -- i.e., remove from Koch Industries' job applications the check-box that asks about convictions -- is a big step forward in the movement to break down barriers to employment for job-seekers with records.
article_snippet.sent: Ban the box" doesn't prohibit background checks, it only postpones background checks until later in the hiring process.
article_snippet.sent: In a job market where employers that didn't previously do background checks now make employers that didn't previously do background checks a routine part of hiring, qualified job-seekers are being screened out of the applicant pools for more and more jobs.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly one in three adults in America has an arrest or conviction history that will show up on a routine background check.
article_snippet.sent: Companies like Koch, Walmart, Target, and Bed Bath & Beyond recognize that this is a huge source of untapped talent, and that's why Companies like Koch, Walmart, Target, and Bed Bath & Beyond've already banned the box on Companies like Koch, Walmart, Target, and Bed Bath & Beyond job applications.
article_snippet.sent: Banning the box and other common-sense hiring reforms would build on that progress and on the successful work of governors and the corporate sector.
article_snippet.sent: If Koch Industries -- a major federal contractor -- can ban the box, there's no reason why other federal contractors cannot.
highlights_snippet.sent: Koch Brothers removing checkbox on criminal records from job applications .
  