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4 employers in the register hire in office and administrative. Some roles in this trade are restricted by law regardless of who is hiring, and those are set out below.
| Employer | Based in | Work | What we read |
|---|---|---|---|
C.H. RobinsonOne of the world's largest third-party logistics providers, with major US offices coordinating freight for shippers. | Eden Prairie, MN | Warehouse and logisticsOffice and administrative | Not re-confirmedFair Chance Business Pledge, 2016 White House archiveRead September 3, 2026 |
Johns Hopkins MedicineMajor academic medical system based in Baltimore, employing tens of thousands in clinical and support roles across Maryland and the DC region. | Baltimore, MD | Healthcare supportOffice and administrative | VerifiedJails to Jobs, Second Chance Employers NetworkRead September 3, 2026 |
Kelly ServicesOne of the largest US staffing firms, placing workers in light industrial, office, and technical roles nationwide. | Troy, MI | Staffing agenciesOffice and administrativeStaffing agency | VerifiedJails to Jobs, Second Chance Employers NetworkRead September 3, 2026 |
TeleverdePhoenix-based business-to-business sales and marketing company; roughly 70 percent of its workforce is made up of currently and formerly incarcerated women hired through contact centers inside US prisons and after release. | Phoenix, AZ | TechnologyOffice and administrative | VerifiedCompany statement, televerde.comRead September 3, 2026 |
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What is restricted in this trade
These come from regulators and licensing boards, not from any employer on this page.
Bank teller or any job at an FDIC-insured bank Restricted A bank cannot put you to work if you have a conviction for dishonesty, breach of trust, or money laundering, but a 2024 change pulled most older, younger, and minor offenses off that list completely. Congress rewrote this in the Fair Hiring in Banking Act and the FDIC rule carrying it out took effect October 1, 2024, so guidance written before then is out of date. The bar no longer reaches an offense that happened seven or more years ago, or one you were incarcerated for and were released from five or more years ago, or one you committed at 21 or younger where more than 30 months have passed since sentencing. Drug possession, including possession with intent to distribute, is no longer treated as dishonesty at all; expunged, sealed, or dismissed convictions and youthful offender adjudications do not count; and small matters are exempt outright, including bad checks totaling $2,000 or less, simple theft of $1,225 or less, shoplifting, fake identification, trespassing, fare evasion, and driving with an expired license or tag. Anything still covered is not a permanent no: you or the bank file a consent application with the FDIC, except for a short list of federal bank fraud and money laundering offenses that carry a ten-year minimum only a sentencing court can shorten. 12 CFR 303.222 · checked September 17, 2026
Credit union employee Restricted Credit unions run under their own version of the bank rule, with the same time limits, and the National Credit Union Administration is the agency that has to consent. The statute bars a person convicted of a criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust, or who entered a pretrial diversion program for one, from taking part in the affairs of an insured credit union without the NCUA Board's written consent. The Fair Hiring in Banking Act applied the same exceptions here that it applied to banks: offenses seven or more years old, release from incarceration five or more years ago, offenses committed at 21 or younger where more than 30 months have passed since sentencing, expunged or sealed records, and de minimis offenses the agency defines by rule. A ten-year minimum still applies to the same list of federal bank fraud and money laundering offenses. 12 U.S.C. 1785(d) · checked September 17, 2026
Mortgage loan originator Restricted Any felony in the seven years before you apply blocks a mortgage originator license, and a fraud, dishonesty, breach of trust, or money laundering felony blocks it no matter how long ago it was. This is a federal floor written into the SAFE Act, and every state applies it through the national licensing registry. Two separate tests apply: no felony conviction or guilty or no contest plea in the seven years before your application, and no felony at any time in the past that involved fraud, dishonesty, breach of trust, or money laundering. A prior loan originator license revocation also disqualifies you, and the state regulator runs the fingerprint check and makes the decision. 12 U.S.C. 5104(b) · checked September 17, 2026
Insurance agent or any job at an insurance company Restricted A felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust keeps you out of insurance work unless your state insurance regulator gives you written consent, and that consent is a real and routine path. The federal statute makes it a crime to work in or take part in the business of insurance after a felony conviction involving dishonesty or breach of trust, and it makes it a crime for the company to knowingly let that happen. The statute also writes the way back in: you may work in insurance if you hold written consent from an insurance regulatory official authorized to regulate the insurer, and the consent has to name this subsection. The reach is broad, covering officers, directors, agents, employees, and others authorized to act for an insurer, so it is not limited to licensed producers. 18 U.S.C. 1033(e) · checked September 17, 2026
Any job at a provider that bills Medicare or Medicaid Restricted If you are on the federal exclusion list, Medicare and Medicaid will not pay for anything you do for a provider, which is why hospitals and nursing homes screen every role and not just the clinical ones. Exclusion is mandatory, and at least five years, for four kinds of conviction: a crime related to delivering care under Medicare or a state health program, any conviction for patient abuse or neglect including a misdemeanor, a felony conviction for health care fraud, theft, embezzlement, or breach of fiduciary duty, and a felony conviction for making, distributing, prescribing, or dispensing a controlled substance. A second qualifying conviction raises the minimum to ten years and a third makes it permanent. Other convictions, such as a misdemeanor drug offense or fraud against a government program that is not health care, are permissive, which means the Inspector General may exclude you, usually for three years, but is not required to. Exclusion is a payment rule rather than a hiring ban, so an employer that does not bill a federal health program can still hire you. 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7 · checked September 17, 2026
Non-clinical healthcare work while excluded (billing, IT, kitchen, HR) Exclusion is not limited to hands-on patient care, and the government says it reaches administrative, kitchen, IT, and management work at a provider that bills federal health programs. The Inspector General has said in writing that the payment ban covers services well beyond direct care, naming executive and leadership roles, human resources, billing and accounting, strategic planning, staff training, health information technology, and support work like preparing surgical trays, whether or not the work is separately billed. It applies the same way to employees, contractors, volunteers, and staffing agency placements, and it follows you if you change professions while excluded. The one opening the agency itself recognizes is work a federal health program does not pay for directly or indirectly, which is why cash-pay and non-billing employers are a real option. OIG Special Advisory Bulletin (May 8, 2013) · checked September 17, 2026
School employee with direct contact with students Restricted No federal law decides who can work in a public school, so which convictions disqualify you and for how long is set entirely by your state. Pennsylvania shows the shape most states use: a permanent list plus tiers that expire. There, homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, sexual offenses, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and any felony under the state drug act bar you for life, while any other first, second, or third degree felony bars you for ten years from the end of your sentence, a first degree misdemeanor for five years, and repeat DUI graded as a first degree misdemeanor for three years. The rule covers cafeteria workers, janitors, bus drivers, and contractors, and it does not reach employees with no direct contact with children. Pennsylvania treats a felony drug conviction as a lifetime bar, which is the opposite of how federal child care rules treat it, so do not assume one state answers for another. 24 P.S. § 1-111 (Pa. Public School Code, Act 14 of 1949) · checked September 17, 2026
Armed security guard Restricted Armed security is licensed state by state, and the federal firearms bar applies on top of whatever your state decides. Pennsylvania is one worked example: a conviction for any of twelve named crimes of violence, including murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, recklessly endangering another person, and terroristic threats, categorically blocks certification, while any other conviction only may block it and the decision can be appealed. The state card does not give you any right to carry a firearm that state or federal law otherwise denies you, so the federal bar operates independently. California runs it the other way, as a discretionary fitness review, and state law there generally limits denials to convictions substantially related to the work and within seven years, with no denial permitted on a dismissed conviction, a pardon, a certificate of rehabilitation, or an arrest that led to no conviction. Your own state will differ, so read its rule rather than either of these. Pa. Lethal Weapons Training Act, Act 235 of 1974 · checked September 17, 2026
Unarmed guard at a contract security company Restricted Pennsylvania has no statewide license for unarmed guards, but a licensed guard company there may not knowingly employ anyone with a felony in any capacity, and only an executive pardon lifts that. This is a rule aimed at the employer rather than a license you apply for, and it covers a felony plus a list of other offenses including weapons offenses, receiving stolen property, unlawful entry of a building, narcotics distribution, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and simple assault. The company faces a fine and can lose its license over it, which is why contract guard firms screen hard even for posts with no weapon. The same act exempts security staff employed directly and exclusively by the business being protected, so in-house security is a separate and more open lane than a guard agency. Other states handle unarmed guards differently, several of them through a license you apply for yourself, so treat this as one example rather than a national rule. Private Detective Act of 1953 (Pa.), Act 361, § 13(a) · checked September 17, 2026
Federal job or federal contractor role needing a background investigation Restricted A record does not close federal work, and criminal conduct is one of ten factors the government weighs rather than a list of crimes that disqualify you. There is no schedule of disqualifying offenses in this rule. The decision maker has to consider the nature of the position, how serious the conduct was, the circumstances around it, how recent it was, how old you were at the time, contributing conditions, and whether you have been rehabilitated. A hard bar only applies where some separate law independently forbids employing you in that specific position. The rule was rewritten effective December 2024 and amended again in June 2026, so older explanations of federal suitability may not match the current text. 5 CFR 731.202 · checked September 17, 2026