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Alaska Supreme Court Rules State’s Sex Offender Registry Act Violates Offenders’ Due Process Rights
In John Doe v. State of Alaska, Dep’t of Safety, the Alaska Supreme Court recently held that portions of the Alaska Sex Offender Registry Act (ASORA) are unconstitutional. In a close 3-2 decision, the court ruled that the registry provides no means for offenders to...
read moreD.C. Employers Pay Nearly $500,000 in ‘Ban the Box’ Violations Over the Past 5 Years
Ban the Box has been in effect since 2014 in Washington, D.C., but you wouldn’t know it by the actions of some D.C. businesses. More than 1,100 administrative charges have been filed against employers who continue to ask about criminal histories on job applications,...
read moreAlabama Restricts Salary History Information
Effective September 1, 2019: Alabama employers are prohibited from refusing to interview, hire, promote, or employ any applicant, or retaliate against any applicant, because that applicant does not provide a wage history. Hire Image background screening specialists...
read moreNevada Follows in New York City’s Footsteps and Becomes the First State to Ban Pre-Employment Marijuana Screening
Hire Image background screening specialists report that effective January 1, 2020, employers in Nevada are prohibited from refusing to hire a prospective employee because he or she submitted to a screening test and the results indicate marijuana. Nevada is the first...
read moreMaryland Governor Vetoes Ban the Box Legislation and Captures the Concerns of Employers Everywhere
Hire Image reports that Maryland Governor Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. explained his reasons for vetoing the Maryland Ban the Box legislation (Senate Bill 839 and House Bill 994) in a letter to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. In that letter, he notes...
read moreColorado Becomes the 13th State to Ban the Box
Hire Image background screening specialists report that, effective September 1, 2019, Colorado employers with 11 or more employees (effective September 1, 2021, for all employers) are prohibited from: Advertising that a person with a criminal history may not apply for...
read moreKansas City Enacts Salary History Ban
Hire Image reports that, effective October 31, 2019, Kansas City employers with six or more employees are prohibited from: Asking about the salary history of an applicant for employment; Screening applicants based on their current or prior wages, benefits, other...
read moreColorado Enacts Expansive Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, including Salary History Ban
Effective January 1, 2021: Colorado employers are prohibited from (1) seeking the wage history of a prospective employee; (2) relying on the wage history of a prospective employee to determine a wage rate; or (3) discriminating or retaliating against a prospective...
read moreWashington State Enacts Salary History Ban
Hire Image reports that, effective July 28, 2019, Washington employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from asking applicants or their current or former employers about their prior wages or salaries. Employers are also prohibited from requiring an...
read moreMassachusetts Cracks Down on Businesses Violating its Ban the Box Law
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s (AG) Office recently launched an investigation into whether employers were complying with the state’s Ban the Box law. The law went into effect in 2010 as part of a legislative effort to reform the state’s Criminal Offender Record...
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