Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has made the Green Mountain State the most recent state in the nation to implement statewide “ban the box”...
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For millions of U.S. job applicants with a criminal record, just making it past the screening stage of the hiring process is a challenge. New...
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School districts will soon be able to check job candidates’ names in a database of teacher misconduct. USA Today published a jaw-dropping...
MoreGov. Nixon Signs Executive Order To “Ban The Box” In State Employment
Gov. Jay Nixon visited the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment to sign Executive Order 16-04, to lessen barriers to individuals with...
MoreBethlehem, PA Waiting To Ask Job Seekers About Criminal Records
Come March 14, Bethlehem no longer will ask each job applicant up front about a criminal record.That information, however, will be divulged prior...
MoreNew Twist On The Sex-Offender Registry: Financial Crime
States have taken the idea of the sex-offender registry and applied it to everything from kidnapping to animal abuse. Utah is expanding it into...
MorePhiladelphia Criminal Background Checks Fair Chance Hiring Law Poster
On March 14, 2016, Philadelphia’s so-calledban the box law, the Philadelphia Fair Criminal Records Screening Ordinance, became effective. With it...
MoreNJ Adopts Final Regulations on Criminal Background Inquiries
New Jersey has promulgated its final ban-the-box regulations, clarifying the law passed on March 1, 2015, which severely restricted public and...
MoreCalifornia Considers Criminal History in Employment Decisions
Continuing the nationwide crackdown on the use of criminal history as a factor in employment decisions, California’s Department of Fair...
MoreA.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlements With two Major National Retailers Over Violations of ‘Ban the Box’ Law
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced settlements with two major national retailers, Big Lots Stores and Marshalls, to “Ban the...
MoreColleges That Ask Applicants About Brushes With the Law Draw Scrutiny
The online admissions application for Auburn University appears simple, until you get to this question: “Have you ever been charged with or...
MoreHow we Graded the States on Teacher Background Checks
The USA TODAY NETWORK determined America’s system for checking teachers’ backgrounds is a loosely-connected patchwork of state laws...
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