![]() ![]() Public testimony regarding the Fair Chance resolution featured several emotional accounts from proponents, most of whom had been directly affected by criminal history-related job discrimination. ![]() The move came at the end of a meeting that saw several labor protections enacted, including a resolution to strengthen nondiscrimination protections for city employees, an extension of the city’s living wage requirement of $13.03 to construction workers on city-funded projects, and an extension of that same wage requirement to employees of subcontractors on city-funded projects. On Thursday, March 24, Austin became the first city in the South to pass a Fair Chance Hiring ordinance requiring private employers to delay asking about a job applicant’s criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made. Austin First Fair Chance City in the South Ban the box ordinance passes Council ![]()
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