Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released two companion reports – “Second Chances Part I” and “Second Chances Part 2” – that show “federal agencies are hiring qualified individuals with prior arrests or convictions in their background checks,” according to an EEOC press release.…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn A report titled “Second Chance Employment: Addressing Concerns About Negligent Hiring Liability” provides crucial information and aims to alleviate concerns about negligent hiring liability so employers can safely tap into an expanded talent pool of qualified job-seekers that include ex-offenders with a past criminal record. The report produced…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Beginning July 1, 2023, California Senate Bill 731 (SB 731) makes criminal record sealing available for a defendant convicted of a felony on or after January 1, 2005, if the defendant completes all terms of incarceration, probation, supervision, and parole and is not convicted of a new felony…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In June 2023, the New York State Legislature passed the “Clean Slate Act” (S.7551-A/A.1029-C) “which would establish the automatic sealing of certain conviction records after a specific period of time for individuals that have completed their sentences and meet certain eligibility requirements,” according to a press release. The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 21, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a part of a law passed in 2017 in Seattle, Washington, called the “Fair Chance Housing Ordinance” that prohibits most landlords from asking prospective tenants about “any arrest record, conviction record, or…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In February of 2023, California Senate Bill 809 (SB 809) “Fair Chance Act of 2023” was introduced and, if passed, would replace existing California laws that prohibit discriminatory background check practices and would limit most private sector employers in the state from conducting criminal background checks on job…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Early on December 15, 2022, the Ohio House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 288 which includes “changes that would make it easier to expunge criminal records” to “reduce the burden on previously incarcerated Ohioans and reduce the likelihood that they return to prison, according to a report from The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In October 2022, a lawsuit was filed against a firm managing the application process for New York City-assisted affordable housing for allegedly barring ex-offenders with criminal records from housing and disproportionately disqualifying Blacks and Latinos, according to a news release from the filer of the lawsuit The Fortune…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – the research, evaluation, and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – has published an article titled “Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers” that shows how expungement of a criminal record “can help open the door to a second…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 18, 2022, the California State Senate approved Senate Bill 731 (SB 731) which would allow some Californians to have their criminal records sealed if they maintain a clean record. The California State Assembly passed SB 731 in June 2022. The bill will now move to California…
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