Regulation
How would a $15/hr. minimum wage affect NC workers?
Estimates vary, but nearly half of North Carolina workers earn less than $15/hr. Hiking the minimum wage that high would disemploy an estimated 367,000 North Carolinians.
National Employment Law Project
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Don’t Automatically Deny Occupational Licenses to People With Conviction Records
An occupational license is a special kind of government regulation known as an entry regulation. The state forbids a would-be worker from entering his chosen field of work until he…
Regulation
Reducing recidivism by giving rehabilitated offenders greater opportunities to work
Here is why the changes House Bill 770 would make to how licensing boards treat applicants with conviction records are important.
Regulation
Want to reduce recidivism? Stop automatically denying occupational licenses to people with conviction records
North Carolina is one of the states that make it very difficult for a recently released — and presumed rehabilitated — worker to find a job in his field. North…
Regulation
Denying an occupational license for lack of ‘good moral character’
License denials in Pennsylvania for lack of "good moral character" bring to mind the 641 different disqualifications from licensing in North Carolina for having a conviction record.
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Licensing Reform Would Open Labor Markets, Reduce Recidivism Rates
The Pew Charitable Trusts has an encouraging study out on “The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison.” The study analyzes trends in recidivism (i.e., when someone…
Liberty
With prison recidivism falling, licensing reform can open opportunities to the rehabilitated
This is an outcome civil society should encourage. And one of the best ways for them to do so is to find work. Unfortunately, for too many professions, especially in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
They Want to Work But Have a Conviction Record
Jon Sanders writes about a fascinating subject here: state licensing requirements that hurt people who are trying to re-enter society following a criminal conviction by finding a job and becoming…
Regulation
How North Carolina Makes It Hard For People With Conviction Records To Work
Jon Sanders writes about a new report from the National Employment Law Project, which looks at how state occupational licensing laws make it difficult for people with arrest and conviction…
Research Brief
Regulation
How N.C. Makes It Harder for People with Conviction Records to Work
A new report from the National Employment Law Project looks at how state occupational licensing laws make it difficult for people with arrest and conviction records to find work in…
Liberty
In many states, only relevant convictions disqualify people from occupational licenses
A 2013 law barred North Carolina occupational licensing boards from automatically denying licenses to applicants simple for having a conviction record, but the boards still enjoy broad discretion in denying…
Liberty
If you’ve got a criminal record, NC makes it harder than most states to get a license
North Carolina has 641 different disqualifications in state occupational licensing laws for having a criminal record. That's more than in all but one other Southeastern state.