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The EEOC’s enforcement priorities continue to evolve, with recent DOJ guidance addressing disparate impact liability in employment decisions. These developments affect how employers conduct background screening and make hiring decisions, particularly regarding…
Fisher Phillips’ overview highlights more than 15 new workplace laws taking effect in Oregon and Washington through 2026 and 2027. Key changes include expanded restrictions on criminal background checks, stronger protections for immigrant workers and minors, increased…
Washington State’s expanded Fair Chance Act will impose stricter limits on employer use of criminal background checks beginning in 2026 and 2027. Employers generally will be prohibited from requesting criminal history information until after making a conditional job…
A new Mississippi study shows employers are becoming more willing to hire people with criminal records as businesses struggle with workforce shortages. The “Fair Chance Hiring Study,” conducted by the Mississippi Business Alliance Foundation and MAGCOR Industries,…
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit a challenging Colorado law that restricts what information can appear in background checks, including limits on reporting older convictions and non-convictions. The plaintiffs argued the rules conflicted with the federal Fair Credit…
An investigation reported that some drivers for Uber with past violent criminal convictions were approved to transport passengers in at least 22 U.S. states if their convictions were more than seven years old. While the company bans drivers with convictions for crimes…
A decades-long recordkeeping error in Los Angeles County left hundreds of thousands of criminal case outcomes unreported to California’s Department of Justice. About 464,000 arrest reports from 1980–2023 — including roughly 147,000 felony and 233,000 misdemeanor…
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit clarified Pennsylvania’s Criminal History Record Information Act (CHRIA). The court held that employers cannot lawfully use criminal history information voluntarily disclosed by job applicants when…
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has adopted updates to its Criminal HistoryRequirements Charts used in childcare background checks. These charts list offenses and how they affect whethersomeone can be present in regulated child-care settings and…
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals clarified that Pennsylvania’s Criminal History Record Information Act (CHRIA)applies whenever an employer receives criminal history information, no matter the source. In Phath v. CentralTransport, the court ruled that an…