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Helping people earn a living wage by addressing discrimination and systemic barriers to employment

Stephanie Settles
Stephanie Settles came to the Law Center for help after she was turned away from a job at a Sunoco gas station because of a five-year-old arrest that never led to a conviction. Sunoco’s hiring practices now ensure that individuals like Ms. Settles will be appropriately treated throughout the hiring process.

News

  • We urge protections against imprisonment solely for the inability to pay fines in new comments on PA criminal procedure rules
  • Our comment on new proposed SBA rules for veterans with criminal histories
  • Data remains unreliable in OVR reports from the first two quarters of 2019-2020
  • Court rules that former SBA rules barring business owners with criminal records from aid were illegal, extends deadline for our clients
  • Small Business Administration Amends PPP Loan Eligibility for Business Owners with Criminal Records Following Civil Rights Lawsuit
  • The Public Interest Law Center is establishing a disability rights policy circle
  • Civil rights organizations sue the Small Business Administration for excluding business owners with criminal records from COVID-19 relief
  • Our public comment opposing new criminal record restrictions for COVID-19 recovery loans to small businesses
  • More News

Current Cases & Projects

  • Patterson v. Commonwealth
  • Increasing Employment Opportunities for Pennsylvanians with Criminal Histories
  • Know Your Rights as a Job Applicant with a Criminal Record in Pennsylvania
  • Community Redevelopment Legal Assistance Project
  • Transition Services: Holding Pennsylvania Accountable to Students with Disabilities

Past Cases & Projects

  • Taking on Unlawful Restrictions on COVID-19 Emergency Relief for Business Owners with Criminal Records
  • Methadone Treatment & Employment
  • Discriminatory Treatment of Black-Owned Bus Companies
  • Discrimination at Amazon.com Warehouse
  • Employment Discrimination at SEPTA
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