Montgomery County, Maryland “Bans the Box” for Rentals

The Montgomery County Council unanimously passed the Housing Justice Act (effective date TBD), a bill that prevents landlords from denying potential tenants housing based on certain crimes, such as marijuana possession. The new law prohibits a landlord from: raising a stated rent in certain circumstances; requiring a rental application to contain certain information about record …

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Illinois Amends Human Rights Act Regarding Criminal Convictions

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Illinois recently amended the Illinois Human Rights Act, with significant impacts to Illinois employers. The amendment, which went into effect on March 23, 2021, provides that it is a civil rights violation for any employer to use a conviction record as a basis “to refuse to hire, to segregate, or to act with respect to …

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FedEx Sued for Alleged Violations of New York City Fair Chance Act

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A lawsuit was recently filed against FedEx by a job applicant, alleging that FedEx violated New York City’s Fair Chance Act (FCA) “when it checked his criminal history before deciding whether to offer him a job.” When he applied for the job, the applicant consented to a background check (and does not dispute his criminal …

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Lakeland, Florida Implements Ban the Box

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Effective February 1, 2021: The City of Lakeland, Florida is required to remove questions about prior criminal records of job applicants from City employment applications. According to the city’s news release, “the questions about criminal history will be removed from the City’s initial hiring process and potential job candidates that may have a criminal offense …

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Are the new NYC Fair Chance Amendments Fair to Employers?

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In addition to all of the challenges employers are currently facing, New York City employers must now also prepare themselves for some recent amendments to New York City’s Fair Chance Act (“FCA”). Since 2015, the FCA has prohibited employers from certain activities with regard to a candidate’s criminal history, including inquiring into that criminal history …

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Montgomery County, Maryland Expands its Ban the Box Law

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Montgomery County, Maryland Expands its Ban the Box Law

Top 10 Background Screening Predictions 2021

Hire Image’s Top Ten Background Screening Predictions for 2021

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1. Background Screening Challenges Continue as a Result of COVID-19 Various government, business, and education closures have been a necessary, but concerning, effect of the pandemic. These closures have had broad implications across many different industries, including background screening. And there is little doubt these implications will continue into 2021. Court closures remain in jurisdictions …

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Reminder to St. Louis, Missouri Employers: Ban the Box Goes into Effect January 1, 2021

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In February of this year, Hire Image reported that effective January 1, 2021, St. Louis, Missouri employers with 10 or more employees are prohibited from basing their hiring or promotion decisions on an applicant’s criminal history. Click Here for more information For more information about ban the box laws, please visit our Resource Library.

Hawaii Amends its Ban the Box Law

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Hawaii Amends its Ban the Box Law

Boston University Graduate Programs Ban the Box on Applications

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Applicants to Boston University’s graduate programs no longer have to disclose criminal history on their applications. After looking into the statistics and relying on a recent study showing that the rejection rate for applications with criminal convictions was 2.5 times the rate without convictions, the associate provost for graduate affairs began the effort to remove …

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Montgomery County, Maryland “Bans the Box” for Rentals

Illinois Amends Human Rights Act Regarding Criminal Convictions

FedEx Sued for Alleged Violations of New York City Fair Chance Act

Lakeland, Florida Implements Ban the Box

Are the new NYC Fair Chance Amendments Fair to Employers?

Montgomery County, Maryland Expands its Ban the Box Law

Hire Image’s Top Ten Background Screening Predictions for 2021

Reminder to St. Louis, Missouri Employers: Ban the Box Goes into Effect January 1, 2021

Hawaii Amends its Ban the Box Law

Boston University Graduate Programs Ban the Box on Applications

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