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...
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Judge Approves Settlement in Landmark Criminal Records Case
Weigh 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...
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Indiana 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...
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Background 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...
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Criminal 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...
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Tompkins 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...
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Racial 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...
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Louisiana 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...
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Portland’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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Trends in the “Ban the Box” Movement: Recent Developments in City Ordinances
As cities across the nation adopt “ban the box” legislation that regulates private employers’ ability to inquire into applicants’ and employees’...
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University of Chicago Study Suggest that Ban-The-Box Has Unintended Consequences
Recently, many cities and stateshave passed “Ban-the-Box” (BTB) policies, which restrict employers from askingabout applicants’ criminal histories...
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Connecticut Joins Ban the Box Movement
Connecticut has joined the “Ban the Box” movement, becoming the most recent state in the nation to implement statewide legislation prohibiting...
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