Nationwide, “ban the box” laws are being adopted with increasing frequency. Broadly speaking, these laws prohibit employers from considering an applicant’s or employee’s criminal history in making employment decisions until a certain point in the hiring or deliberation process. Currently, 25 states, the District of Columbia, and many metropolitan areas have adopted ban-the-box type laws. Read more
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Council has issued proposed regulations on the use of criminal history information in making employment decisions and is giving the interested public until April 7, 2016 to give their feedback. Presently, California law (Labor Code §§432.7, 432.8) prohibits an employer from asking about or considering the following types of criminal Read more
Compliance Poster Company – California Employer Alert! In only 8 business days new mandatory California employment laws take effect. These new laws alter several mandatory-to-post notices that employers must have displayed on break room walls. The new laws cover expanded: Accommodations employers must make for religious practices, and Protection against discrimination based on an individual’s Read more
