ban the box

Happy New Year!  We have made it through another year navigating the pandemic. Employers have continued to evolve with an ever-changing hiring landscape, including permanent...

Most companies use some form of pre-employment screening to protect against hiring risks. Pre-employment screening allows employers and prospective employers to check for prior criminal...

Screening candidates to fill a position has always been a challenge for employers, regardless whether or not a candidate has a criminal record. These important...

The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (“FCO”) includes the following amendments to the existing “Ban the Box” laws and are now effective as of October...

New York City has imposed its own “ban the box” law, the Fair Chance Act (FCA), and associated set of regulations on employers, which took...

Effective January 22, 2017, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance will ban private employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal history or...

Under the ordinance passed last December by Portland, Oregon's City Council, starting in July city and private employers will be barred from asking about job candidates’...

According to a recent press release, leaders from 42 foundations announced they have "banned the box" by adopting fair chance hiring policies or ensuring that...

  In a move to help ex-prisoners find gainful employment and stay out of prison, President Obama has signed an executive order to “ban the...

NYS Governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced that state officials will no longer ask job applicants about prior criminal convictions until after they have been interviewed.  The...