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The New Jersey State Police have agreed to process expungement orders within 120 days, resolving a lawsuit over yearslong delays that left 46,000 orders unprocessed. The backlog grew after marijuana legalization increased expungement requests. Mediated by retired…
Texas House Bill 2466, set to take effect in September 2025, introduces a statewide Ban the Box requirement, delaying criminal history inquiries until applicants are deemed qualified or offered interviews. While aimed at fair chance hiring, the bill’s vague…
Tennessee’s background check laws require employers to follow specific guidelines when conducting criminal background checks. Employers must comply with federal regulations, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and consider how criminal history impacts…
Washington’s HB 1747 aims to restrict employers’ ability to use criminal background checks in hiring decisions, prohibiting the use of such checks until after a conditional offer is made. The bill intends to help individuals with criminal histories gain…
Although the car of a Mid-South nurse was found with meth, marijuana and 600 prescription pills inside, her license has remained untarnished. The state’s licensure verification database, along with the national database, Nursys, both state “no history of disciplinary…
Former U.S. Army and Army Reserve veteran and PSA Airlines pilot Christian Richard Martin had been found guilty of assault on a child under the age of 16 in 2016 before he was hired by parent company American Airlines. He now is accused of the 2015 murder of three…
Nineteen businesses were recently cited by Attorney General Maura Healey for violation of the state’s ban-the-box law. A similar round of enforcement action took place in May 2018 that included the investigation of more than 70 Massachusetts employers and resulted in…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) case in which the plaintiff sued a consumer reporting agency (CRA) for issuing a tenant screening background check report on him that contained his criminal history, claiming…
As part of ongoing expansions, the E-Verify system now can check driver’s license data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for those using it through the “web” interface. The enhancement, which was made possible through a new partnership with…
Andres Rodriguez, who is accused of shooting a man seven times following a traffic dispute in Tinley Park last year, beat out five candidates for a sixth-grade English Language Arts teaching job in August, despite his pending criminal charges and recent dismissal by…