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What is the ban the box movement, and how is it changing hiring practices nationwide? This in-depth guide will get you up to speed with all the key facts.
All Federal and State LawsOver the past decade, few trends in background checks have been more notable than the wave of ban the box legislation.
Across America, more than half of the states have adopted a "ban the box" policy. Aimed at removing questions about criminal history from job applicat...
“Ban the box” policies are laws and ordinances that prohibit some inquiries into criminal history, and they are not new.
The “ban the box” movement is nothing new, with nearly three dozen states enacting some form of prohibition against asking job applicants up front abo...
The modified “Ban the Box” bill states, “No employer shall inquire about a prospective employee’s prior arrests, criminal charges, or convictions on a...
The bill specifies that local governments also cannot require businesses to stop asking criminal background questions as a condition of doing business...
Koch Industries, one of the biggest private companies in the world, has officially banned the box. The Kansas-based corporation has reportedly removed...
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is charged with enforcing the new law. The department recently published its Technical Guidance 364.021 in ad...
As of February 17, San Francisco is one of the latest and largest proponents of "ban the box" legislation in the United States. According to a recent ...
Providing a path back to employment for formerly incarcerated individuals is a common goal, but not every locale is on board with the sweeping "ban th...
2020 has been a hectic year for everyone, but especially for employers. First, businesses had to contend with the stay-at-home orders wrought by COVID...
A criminal record, regardless of the charges, is often a barrier to employment that ex-offenders find difficult to overcome. While more than half of U...
To date, nine states have taken steps to enact "ban the box" laws that prohibit public and private employers from asking individuals about their crimi...
Job searchers looking for work in Indiana’s public sector will no longer be expected to answer questions about their criminal history on job applicati...
In October 2015, New York City's "Fair Chance Act," officially banning the box for all private and public employers operating within city limits went ...
Federal legislators are in the midst of proposing a ban the box law that would apply to all employers nationwide—both public and private. However, whi...
Under the new law, an employer may inquire about a prospective employee’s criminal history record in an interview or once the prospective employee has...
For the past few years, there has been arguably no headline staple in the background check world as consistent as the ban the box movement. Slowly, mo...
From the looks of it, Tennessee will soon add its name to the list of states that bans the box for public employers. A bill to remove questions pertai...
The City of Portland, Oregon has passed an ordinance (No. 187459) to ban the box, and more, effective July 1, 2016. The City’s ordinance is more restr...
Florida could well be the next state to embrace ban the box legislation. State Representative Randolph Bracy is reportedly co-sponsoring a bill that w...
In July 2011, Philadelphia was one of the first cities to enact a ban-the-box ordinance. The ordinance, cited as the Fair Criminal Screening Standards...
The topic of pre-employment screening has officially become a part of the 2016 Presidential Election cycle. According to a recent report from TIME, Hi...
As the Fair Chance employment movement continues to gather speed, Seattle is recognized as being one of the few cities nationwide to ban the box for b...
The news that the town of Newark, Ohio is considering "ban the box" legislation seems like small change when compared to the fact that New York City r...
It's official: New York City has banned the box for private employers, becoming the biggest city yet to take that step in the United States. On Monday...
Oregon is giving the Fair Chance employment movement its latest boost. The state has officially banned the box for private employers, becoming only th...
The Fair Chance hiring movement appears to have scored a real coup, as New York City moves ahead with a plan to "ban the box" for private employers. I...
In case you needed proof that "ban the box" polices were continuing to gather steam, consider this: recently, nearly 200 special interest groups bande...
House Bill 3025 House Bill 3025 defines “employer” to mean any person, company, corporation, firm, labor organization, or association that regularly e...
Indianapolis (and Marion County) is following the lead of many other jurisdictions that have recently adopted ban-the-box laws. These laws refer to th...
State governments throughout the country have taken 2013 as an opportunity to “ban the box” and require the removal of any questions about criminal hi...
Proposals to “ban the box” asking questions about previous criminal history as part of job applications have proven to be arguably the biggest trend i...
A specific question was asked about whether the ordinance applied to independent insurance agents or insurance producers. That is, whether an employer...
Very often, when you apply for a job, there is a box on the application which must be checked if you have ever been arrested or convicted. This lets e...
One of the major trends in the background check industry over the past couple of years has been the spread of “ban the box” legislation, laws that hav...
Over the past six years, many cities and counties have decided to “ban the box,” eliminating the standard question “Have you ever been convicted of a ...
We look at the latest updates in ban the box legislation, including a bill that could take ban the box nationwide, jurisdictions broadening ban the bo...
Most of the time, we think of criminal background checks as tools to find out about a person’s criminal convictions. Because arrest records without co...
The modified “Ban the Box” bill states, “No employer shall inquire about a prospective employee’s prior arrests, criminal charges, or convictions on a...
Koch Industries, one of the biggest private companies in the world, has officially banned the box. The Kansas-based corporation has reportedly removed...
What are ban-the-box laws, and what do they mean for your organization? Read on to learn more about this movement and to determine where ban-the-box l...
Over the past decade, few trends in background checks have been more notable than the wave of ban the box legislation.
Banning the box legislation has been the top trend to watch in background checks and hiring for a decade and counting. Despite significant state and l...