We know the talent shortage is here in the Milwaukee Region, and it’s likely affecting your business. MMAC is engaged in efforts to improve our K-16 education pipeline, help current employees obtain new skills, and promote the Milwaukee Region as a destination for talented employees from outside our market. And there are other solutions to consider.
In our efforts to help move more of our region’s unemployed people off the sidelines and into the workforce, one area of emphasis is finding meaningful employment for ex-offenders. For the last several legislative sessions, MMAC has been working with a bi-partisan group of lawmakers looking at ways to reform criminal record expungement procedures to make them more accountable and to reduce liability to employers.
Next week, to broaden the discussion on this topic even further, MMAC’s Policy Hash speaker series will be hosting researchers from the Badger Institute to present their recent study:
“Why Hiring the Previously Incarcerated is Good Business: An Employer Handbook”
