How and when employers can request and use a person’s criminal record information during the hiring process and for other employment...
MoreTheme Park Employees Caught in Sex Stings, Child Porn Arrests
There have been at least 35 Disney employees arrested since 2006 and accused of sex crimes involving children, trying to meet a minor for sex, or...
MoreRuling Could Scrub Quarter of Sex Offender Registry
One-fourth of the names on Maryland’s sex offender registry are to be removed after the state’s top court expanded on an earlier...
MoreNew Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Approves Significantly Less Onerous Version of Ban the Box Legislation
The New Jersey Legislature has been considering “ban the box” legislation since February 2013. Amidst opposition from business groups...
MoreIllinois Moves to Ban Criminal Background Questions From Job Applications
Private employers in Illinois with 15 or more employees will have to revamp their job applications to remove questions about criminal background...
More‘Ban the Box’ Gets Initial D.C. Council Nod, but Further Tweaks Expected
After years of abortive efforts, the D.C. Council voted to give job applicants with criminal records new protections against discrimination from...
MoreCriminal Record Checks Draw Criticism
Though some business leaders contend that background checks protect employers from hiring potentially dangerous or untrustworthy applicants...
MoreFormer UC Berkeley Administrator Allegedly Stole From School
A former research administrator at UC Berkeley who had a prior conviction for embezzlement allegedly stole “tens of thousands of...
MoreCollateral Damage: America’s Failure to Forgive or Forget in the War on Crime – A Roadmap to Restore Rights and Status After Arrest or Conviction
Collateral damage occurs in any war, including America’s “War on Crime.” The expansion of the nation’s criminal justice...
MoreRochester Considers Whether To ‘Ban The Box’
“Check ‘yes’ if ever been convicted of a felony.” That one box on job applications was the center of some heated...
MoreMadison Taking Steps To ‘Ban The Box’ About Criminal History On Job Applications
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Maurice Cheeks introduce a resolution that would direct the city human resources director and the city attorney...
More‘Ban The Box’ on Its Way To Delaware Governors Desk
‘Ban the Box,’ the name of a measure that would prohibit most public agencies in Delaware from requiring job applicants to disclose...
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