The State of Nebraska became the 11th state in the country last week to remove questions about an applicant’s criminal record from...
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Ban The Box: Nebraska Removes Criminal History Questions From Job Application
Baltimore Becomes the 10th Jurisdiction to “Ban the Box”
On May 15, 2014, the City of Baltimore, Maryland, became the tenth U.S. jurisdiction to “ban the box”. Although Baltimore city council...
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‘Ban the Box’ Fair Hiring Policies Take Hold Around the Nation
San Francisco is again in the vanguard of the ban-the-box movement. This time it’s called the Fair Chance Ordinance, and instead of city...
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Oregon House Passes ‘Ban the Box’ Bill, Aimed at Helping Ex-Cons Get Jobs
The House approved a bill to ban employers from asking about a job candidate’s criminal history on an application. The bill is a...
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Koch Industries Decision to ‘Ban The Box’ Signals Broad, Growing Appeal for Fair-Hiring Practices
Koch Industries, Inc.’s announcement that it will remove conviction history questions from its job applications is the latest sign that...
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Fight Grows to Stop Expunged Criminal Records Living on in Background Checks
Criminal records are surfacing in screeners’ reports even after being purged from government databases. There is no national data on how...
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No Need For Businesses To Fear ‘Ban The Box’ Measure, Employment Attorney Says
Louisville has joined the ranks of cities to enact an ordinance prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their criminal backgrounds...
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Statewide Ban the Box Reducing Unfair Barriers to Employment of People With Criminal Records
Nationwide, over 50 cities and counties have now taken the critical step of removing unfair barriers to employment in their hiring policies...
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Joining Other States and Localities, Indianapolis “Bans the Box” for City Vendors and Further Restricts Criminal Background Inquiries
Mayor Gregory A. Ballard recently signed an ordinance that generally prohibits the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County...
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Efforts to Close Loophole that Kept Sex Offender Working at School
Background checks are supposed to weed out the questionable employees, and, in most cases, they do. Still, it doesn’t catch crimes committed...
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Running Criminal Background Checks? Be Careful, at Least in the Big Apple
While criminal background checks are a common part of the hiring process for many companies, there has been legal pushback lately with federal and...
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Ban the Box’ Moves Forward in Louisville Despite Fischer Administration’s Objections
A Louisville Metro Council committee has approved a measure prohibiting the city and its private contractors from asking about an...
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