CJEI provides employment law training to formerly incarcerated job seekers, employers and workforce development partners across New York. Our research informs state policymakers, and our resources bridge the employment gap, growing employers’ talent pools to involve non-traditional candidates. CJEI is part of Cornell ILR’s Labor and Employment Law Program.
Employment Resources
Policy Brief
Update Work Access Rules for People with Criminal Convictions
We have been engaged in an ongoing effort to catalog and compare lawmaking and rulemaking that restrict employment access for people with criminal convictions.
New initiative and accompanying web-based tool helps employers see beyond criminal records of applicants and into the skills applicants would bring to jobs.
CJEI’s Rachel Joseph explains that companies who hire people with previous involvement in the criminal legal system may qualify for financial incentives such as the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the Federal Bonding Program.
Create a sound strategy for post-incarceration reentry in the time of COVID-19. Timothy McNutt of ILR's Criminal Justice Employment Initiative provides information to help people strategize.
