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C.H. Robinson
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C.H. Robinson signed the Fair Chance Business Pledge in 2016. That was a public commitment made at a White House event, it carried no expiry and no reporting, and the page that recorded it now sits in an archive. We have not been able to confirm the policy is still in force, so treat this entry as a lead to check rather than an answer.
One of the world's largest third-party logistics providers, with major US offices coordinating freight for shippers.
What we confirmed
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Public commitment One Signed up to Fair Chance Business Pledge. A pledge is a public statement, not a guarantee about any single application. Fair Chance Business Pledge, 2016 White House archive · read September 3, 2026
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Which roles are closed to you
A company willing to hire you can still be forbidden by law to put you in a particular job. None of these are C.H. Robinson's decision, and none of them are a reason not to apply for the work that is open.
Bank job where the conviction was small or old Open Many convictions people assume close banking forever are written into the rules as too small to count, and no application to the FDIC is needed at all.
Checking a Pennsylvania license before you pay for training Open In Pennsylvania you can ask a licensing board in advance whether your record would block a license, before you spend anything on a training program.
Warehouse associate, picker, packer, or forklift operator Open Warehouse and fulfillment work is open, and a forklift certification is a training record your employer issues, not a license a state can deny over your history.
Delivery or truck driver (CDL) Restricted A DUI or a drug conviction involving a vehicle can disqualify you from driving commercially, for one year or for life depending on the offense. A first conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, refusing a breath test, leaving the scene, causing a death through negligent driving, or using any vehicle to commit a felony takes you off commercial vehicles for one year, or three years if you were hauling placarded hazardous materials. A second conviction for any combination of those offenses is a lifetime disqualification, though a state may reinstate you after ten years if you complete a state-approved rehabilitation program. Using a commercial vehicle to commit a felony involving manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled substance, or a severe human trafficking felony, is a lifetime bar with no ten-year reinstatement. Your state licensing agency applies this, not the carrier. 49 CFR 383.51 · checked September 17, 2026
Box truck or straight truck driver (no CDL) Restricted Even without a CDL, a DUI or a drug offense while you were on duty in a commercial vehicle can take you off the road for six months to three years. This rule covers any driver of a commercial motor vehicle in interstate work, including smaller trucks that need no CDL. The disqualifying offenses are driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, refusing a required test, transporting, possessing, or using Schedule I drugs, amphetamines, or narcotics while on duty, leaving the scene, and any felony involving the use of a commercial vehicle. The offense has to have happened during on-duty time; a first offense is one year, or six months if it only involved transporting or possessing those substances, and three years if you had another disqualifying conviction in the three years before. 49 CFR 391.15 · checked September 17, 2026
Port, dock, or maritime worker (TWIC card) Restricted A TWIC card is what gets you into a port or onto a vessel, and TSA uses the same offense list it uses for hazmat, with most of it timing out after seven years. Twelve permanent disqualifying felonies cover espionage, sedition, treason, terrorism, a transportation security incident, improper hazmat transport, explosives, murder, bomb threats, and certain RICO convictions. The other fifteen are interim and only disqualify you if the conviction came within seven years of your application or you were released from incarceration within five years, which means an older robbery, drug distribution, arson, or fraud conviction drops out on its own. Being wanted or under indictment for a listed felony holds up the card until the warrant clears or the indictment is dismissed, and you can request a waiver for any interim offense and for most of the permanent list. 49 CFR 1572.103 · checked September 17, 2026
Appealing a TWIC or hazmat denial Restricted If TSA turns down your TWIC or hazmat endorsement over a conviction, you can ask for a waiver, and the request is decided on your record since the offense. You have until 60 days after TSA serves the final determination to send a written waiver request, and you can ask during the application instead of waiting. TSA weighs the circumstances of the offense, restitution you made, any state or federal mitigation such as a pardon or expungement, and anything else showing you are not a security threat, then answers in writing within 60 days. Waivers are available for every interim offense and for the permanent offenses other than espionage, sedition, treason, and a federal crime of terrorism. 49 CFR 1515.7 · checked September 17, 2026
Airport ramp, baggage, fueling, or terminal worker (SIDA badge) Restricted Working in the secure part of an airport takes a badge, and 28 listed offenses block it if you were convicted within the last ten years. The list runs from air piracy, murder, and espionage to armed or felony unarmed robbery, extortion, felony arson, distribution of a controlled substance, and any felony involving theft, burglary, willful destruction of property, aggravated assault, bribery, possession of stolen property, or dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation. It only reaches back ten years from the date you apply, so an older conviction does not count, and an arrest with no conviction is not disqualifying. The airport operator makes the call, must tell you the FBI record is why, must give you a copy of it if you ask, and must give you 30 days to correct it if it is wrong. 49 CFR 1542.209(d) · checked September 17, 2026
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
Any job that puts a firearm or ammunition in your hands If you have a conviction for a crime punishable by more than a year in prison, federal law makes it a crime for you to possess or receive a firearm or ammunition, and that quietly closes more jobs than people expect. This is a bar on possession rather than on any named occupation, but it reaches every duty that puts a gun or a box of ammunition in your hands: a sporting goods counter, a warehouse aisle that stocks ammunition, armed security, parts of some manufacturing lines. Federal law separately makes it a crime for anyone to sell or hand over a firearm or ammunition to a person they know or have reason to believe is prohibited, which is why licensed dealers are careful about which roles they fill. The definition leaves out business regulation offenses such as antitrust, and leaves out state misdemeanors punishable by two years or less. An expungement, a set aside, a pardon, or a restoration of civil rights takes the conviction back out unless the order itself says your firearm rights are not restored. 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) · 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
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Your rights in Minnesota
A Minnesota employer cannot ask about your record until they have picked you for an interview, and after that state law gives you nothing.
When they may ask After you are selected for an interview, or after a conditional offer if there is no interview The timing rule covers every private employer in Minnesota. The individualized assessment and the written rejection notice in Minnesota’s criminal offender law apply to government employers and occupational licensing only, so any guide crediting private-sector workers with those rights is wrong. Minnesota clean slate expungement now clears many records automatically, two years after you finish a misdemeanor sentence, three for a gross misdemeanor, and five for most eligible felonies.Minn. Stat. § 364.021 · checked September 17, 2026
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