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Florida may be the next state to 'ban the box'
We’ve followed the ‘ban the box’ movement closely, with one of their biggest victories coming at the end of last year, when President Obama signed an Executive Order banning the box for federal employers. New ‘ban the box’ measures in Florida would open up possibilities for thousands of people, Rep. Randolph Bracy said. Bracy is…
Read MoreColorado and Wyoming consider 'ban the box' legislation for private employers
In recent weeks, two more states have seen new ‘ban the box’ legislation introduced that may prevent employers from discriminating against qualified job applicants that have a criminal record. Both Colorado and Wyoming have had bills sponsored that would prevent private employers from including a check box on job applications inquiring about an individual’s criminal…
Read MoreObama expected to sign Executive Order to ‘ban the box’ for federal employers
President Obama is expected to sign an Executive Order on Monday that would prohibit federal employers from asking job applicants questions about potential criminal records until significantly later in the hiring process. In a previous post, we shared that both the House of Representatives and the Senate are also currently debating bills that propose ban-the-box…
Read MoreNew York City ‘ban the box’ act goes into effect
banning pre-employment credit checks, and it’s continuing to prevent employment discrimination as its citywide ‘ban the box’ law goes into effect. NYC’s Fair Chance Act was passed back in June, amending the city’s Human Rights Law, which previously protected individuals from employment discrimination on a similar basis as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, adding that…
Read More‘Fair Chance Act’ may require federal government to ‘ban the box’
Fair Chance Act,” would prevent all three branches of the federal government from asking job applicants questions about their criminal records on a government job application. The Fair Chance Act would prevent background checks from being conducted until the government is ready to offer a position to the applicant. The bill would “ban the box”…
Read MoreACLU petitions for ‘ban the box’ executive action for federal jobs
has begun petitioning the government to stop including questions about applicants’ criminal records on federal job applications. Recently, President Obama spoke at the NAACP’s annual conference, where he asked Congress to pass federal “ban the box” laws and prevent criminal background checks from being conducted until later in the employment process. According to the ACLU…
Read MoreOregon aims to ‘ban the box’
passed a statewide “ban the box” law, which would prevent employers from asking job applicants if they have a criminal record prior to an interview or — sans interview — a conditional offer of employment. Most employers in the state would be required to remove any questions about a candidate’s criminal history from its job…
Read MoreVermont becomes latest state to ban the box
hiring policy that removes questions about criminal records from the first part of job applications for state employment. Agencies will continue to conduct background checks, but only after an applicant has otherwise been found qualified for the position. The policy will prevent applicants from being immediately screened out of state jobs because of a criminal…
Read MoreVirginia becomes 15th state to ban the box
After last month’s Senate vote to pass statewide ban-the-box legislation, the Virginia House of Delegates approved the new measure and Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed it into law on April 3. The new law requires state government job applications to remove all questions about an applicant’s criminal history. The law allows for background checks to be…
Read MoreGeorgia and Virginia consider ban-the-box legislation
Gov. Nathan Deal signed an Executive Order to remove criminal history questions from job applications in the state of Georgia. This move makes Georgia the fourteenth state in the U.S. to pass statewide ban-the-box legislation. (Both the city of Atlanta and Fulton County already had ban-the-box policies in place.) “[Ban-the-box] policies allow returning citizens an…
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