Companies tap into an underutilized solution amid labor crisis: Employees with criminal records

The dearth of able-bodied employees has put employers on high alert for new avenues to fill open spots.

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In a period of his life filled with rock bottoms, the lowlight for Rich Alvarez might have been the day in 2009 he asked his roommate to help him commit suicide.

 

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