The Los Angeles City Council’s Economic Development Committee recently joined the masses across the country by voting to eliminate the...
MoreConnecticut Becomes the Third Jurisdiction in 2016 to “Ban the Box”
Connecticut has joined Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and New York City in prohibiting the request of criminal history information on an initial...
MoreCA Amends Labor Code to Prohibit Employers from Using Juvenile Records in Employment Decision
Effective Jan. 1, 2017, the governor of California signed a bill in September that amends the state’s Labor Code to prohibit employers from...
MoreJudge Approves Settlement in Landmark Criminal Records Case
People with arrest records, heavily African Americans and Latinos, have won a $15 million settlement in a case in which they were unable to obtain...
MoreWeigh the Risks and Rewards of Employing Job Seekers with Criminal Histories
Given a workforce facing unprecedented skills gaps and a country where tens of thousands of state and federal inmates are being released back into...
MoreIndiana Passes New Legislation Restricting Criminal History Information Reported in Background Checks
The EEOC’s April 25, 2012 updated enforcement guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records by employers has generated renewed and...
MoreBackground Screening Class Certified in Obsolete Information Case
On July 26, a Northern District of California judge certified a class of applicants who claimed that S2Verify, a background check company...
MoreCriminal Histories are no Longer an Automatic Bar to Employment in Illinois Schools
Effective July 29, 2016, HB 4360 revised Illinois law to eliminate what was otherwise considered a lifetime ban on employment for those...
MoreTompkins County Moves to ‘Ban the Box’
Tompkins County legislators unanimously voted to “ban the box,” joining a growing number of employers removing the criminal conviction...
MoreRacial Profiling in Hiring: A Critique of New “Ban the Box” Studies
Two recent studies claim that “ban the box” policies enacted around the country detrimentally affect the employment of young men of color who do...
MoreLouisiana Legislature Passes New Law Dealing with Employment of Sex Offenders
The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill that based on the belief that sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators pose a...
MorePortland’s Ban-the-Box Law Takes Effect, Administrative Rules Provide Clarity
Portland, Oregon’s ban-the-box law, the Removing Barriers to Employment Ordinance, took effect on July 1, 2016. The ordinance prohibits most...
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