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The USA TODAY NETWORK determined America’s system for checking teachers’ backgrounds is a loosely-connected patchwork of state laws and procedures, inconsistent practices by school districts and state officials, and wide variations in who’s…
New York University is taking steps to remove the criminal background check question on their college application forms. By doing this, prospective students would no longer have to divulge if they’ve run afoul of the law. Could this be the new frontier of Ban…
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has adopted regulations for the Opportunity to Compete Act, the state Ban-the-Box Law, clarifying many questions, including the Act’s impact on businesses with multistate operations. The new…
On December 15, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register a notice listing its priorities. Under “Suitability” on page 77883 of the Federal Register, OPM states that they will be “proposing modifications to its rules…
Amendments to Philadelphia’s “Ban the Box” legislation, the Fair Criminal Records Screening Standards, were signed into law by Mayor Michael Nutter on December 15, 2015. The amendments to Philadelphia’s ordinance, which take effect on March 14, 2016, expand the reach…
Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law a bill that will bar public employers from including questions on job applications concerning an applicant’s criminal background.The signing of the “ban the box” vote comes amid growing national concern that…
Asheville, North Carolina, is eliminating any question about criminal convictions from most job applications, a change planned for some time in January.When the change is made, applicants will still go through a criminal background check, just later in the hiring…
Portland’s City Council unanimously passed new rules that will significantly affect an employer’s ability to obtain and use criminal history information in the hiring process. With these new rules, Portland joins the growing number of other cities, counties and states…
Metro’s Civil Service Commission voted unanimously in favor of a movement called Ban the Box. Nashville will join about 100 cities and 16 states that have removed questions about criminal convictions from job applications. It is called “Ban the Box” because it will…
New York City recently passed the Fair Chance Act (FCA), which is applicable to criminal background checks. Recently, the New York City Commission on Human Rights opined that the FCA applies to current employees (presumably when they are “applying” for a…