JPMorgan & Chase Co. pilots equitable hiring program [Video]

WILMINGTON —JPMorgan & Chase Co. and the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ) will be launching an equitable hiring initiative to shore up Wilmington’s workforce by working with 10 employers to train them on updated screening processes to help reduce barriers to employment.

The RBIJ is an organization that started with a coalition of lawyers, businesses and government leaders focused on seeing change in their communities through focusing on social justice initiatives. With undisclosed funding from JPMorgan & Chase Co., the RBIJ will develop a program that will work with select businesses for four months to identify barriers in their hiring processes and work to minimize them through training.

“JPMorgan & Chase is proud to support the Delaware Equitable Hiring Initiative, a project that strengthens our portfolio of systems-change investments to advance inclusivity and opportunity in the workplace,” JPMorgan & Chase Co. Delaware Market Leader Tom Horne said in a prepared statement. “As an employer that …