ban the box
Connecticut signs ban the box into law
will be permitted to perform checks: (1) when the employer is required to do so by an applicable state or federal law, or (2) when a security or fidelity bond or an equivalent bond is required for the position for which the prospective employee is seeking employment. The law also establishes a “fair chance employment task…
Read MoreDallas to consider banning the box
Vermont passes ban the box legislation
OPM proposes new ban the box rule
issued a proposed rule that would ensure that applicants with a criminal history have a fair shot to compete for Federal jobs. The rule would effectively “ban the box” for a significant number of positions in the Federal Government by delaying the point in the hiring process when agencies can inquire about an applicant’s criminal…
Read MoreMissouri joins the ban the box movement
made an announcement directing state agencies to lessen unnecessary barriers to employment by removing questions relating to criminal history from employment applications. The order directs all departments, agencies and boards and commissions in the Executive Branch subject to the authority of the Governor to take all necessary action to amend initial employment applications by removing questions…
Read MoreCompanies start signing on to the Fair Chance Business Pledge
Fair Chance Business Pledge. The 19 initial signatories include major companies such as American Airlines, Busboys and Poets, The Coca-Cola Company, Facebook, Georgia Pacific, Google, Greyston Bakery, The Hershey Company, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, Koch Industries, Libra Group, PepsiCo, Prudential, Starbucks, Uber, Under Amour/Plank Industries, Unilever and Xerox. The pledge encourages signatories…
Read MoreAustin, TX, to ban the box for private employers
ban the box legislation to give people with criminal records a fair chance to find work. The ban prohibits most private employers in the City from conducting a background check into the criminal history of job applicants until after a conditional job offer is made to them. The legislation covers most types of employment and…
Read MorePhiladelphia expands their 'ban the box' program
How many employees qualify a company as a private employer Deferring any criminal inquiries until after a conditional offer has been extended Requiring that no employer has a policy of automatically excluding any applicant with a criminal conviction from a job Requiring that a city agency or private employer considers, for employment purposes, a prospective…
Read MoreBan the box may begin to effect tenant screening
‘ban the box’ movement rapidly spreading across the country and recent moves by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to curtail the use of criminal history records as part of tenant screening public housing applicants, a substantive change in tenant screening could be coming in 2016. Adam Almeida, President and CEO of TenantScreeningUSA.com states:…
Read MoreWhich states have 'banned the box'?
banned the box, with the goal to encourage employers to consider the qualifications of applicants without the bias of a conviction record. This means that employers cannot ask questions relating to criminal history in the job application and, in some cases, can request for permission to check the criminal record of an applicant only after…
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