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San Diego County Joins California Jurisdictions With Fair Chance Ordinances

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/15/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: Since 2018, California has had a comprehensive Fair Chance Act (CFCA), which places a number of restrictions on employers using criminal history for hiring and other employment purposes. San Francisco and...more

The County of Los Angeles Will Soon Post Notice and Sample Documents to Comply with the County’s Sweeping Fair Chance Ordinance

Littler on 9/3/2024

Starting after Labor Day, employers with jobs located in the unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles, including work-from-home and hybrid positions, must comply with the County’s fair chance hiring ordinance. The...more

Employers Face Onerous Compliance Obligations Under the New Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/1/2024

Effective September 3, 2024, employers with locations or employees (including remote workers) in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County (ULAC) will be subject to a new Fair Chance Ordinance. To say that the new...more

LA County Expands California’s “Ban the Box” Effective March 28, 2024

CDF Labor Law LLP on 3/25/2024

Since California’s enactment of the Fair Chance Act (“Act”) over six years ago, California’s private and county employers with five or more employees have become well-acquainted with the Act’s general prohibition of employers...more

California Employers Prohibited from Discriminating Against Applicants and Employees for Off-Duty Cannabis Use

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 11/3/2023

Governor Newsom signed AB 2188, which amends the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) to prohibit discrimination based on off-the-job cannabis use. AB 2188 prohibits most employers from discriminating against a...more

California Seeks to Ban Criminal Background Checks for Most Private Sector Employers

Littler on 3/27/2023

Existing California law regulates inquiries into and the use of criminal history information in hiring and personnel decisions. Existing California law also substantially impedes the ability of employers (and background...more

Gainesville First City in Florida to Pass Fair Chance Hiring Law Restricting Private Employers’ Use of Criminal History

Littler on 2/1/2023

Effective December 15, 2022, the city of Gainesville became the first jurisdiction in Florida to restrict the use of pre-employment inquiries into an applicant’s criminal history.1 The City has now joined the dozens of other...more

Federal Government’s “Ban the Box” Policy in Effect

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 2/1/2022

The federal government is the latest employer to adopt fair chance hiring requirements for certain parts of its workforce and contractors. The goal being to assist qualified workers with a criminal history to compete for...more

New Year Brings New Laws for New York Employers: 2021 Recap and 2022 Preview

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2021

Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many new legislative changes for New York employers, altering the landscape around workplace safety, employee pay, leave benefits, protected classes and activity, and privacy. Now...more

California’s DFEH Cracks Down on Fair Chance Act Violations

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/22/2021

California employers, beware: The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) announced a new initiative to crack down on violations of the Fair Chance Act. ...more

NYC Human Rights Law Amendment Expands Applicant Protections

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 9/20/2021

The New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) was recently amended by Local Law 4, which took effect on July 29, 2021. The Amendment expands the protections of the 2015 Fair Chance Act (FCA) to New York City job applicants...more

NYC Commission on Human Rights Issues Updated Enforcement Guidance on Consideration of Criminal History in Hiring and Employment

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 8/4/2021

The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) has issued updated legal enforcement guidance on the NYC Fair Chance Act (“FCA”) and employers’ consideration of criminal history in hiring and during...more

New Enforcement Guidance Issued for New York City Fair Chance Act as Key Amendments Take Effect

Littler on 7/20/2021

On July 15, 2021, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “NYCCHR” or “Commission”) issued its highly anticipated updated Legal Enforcement Guidance on the Fair Chance Act and Employment Discrimination. ...more

New York City Council Expands Fair Chance Act

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/22/2021

The New York City Council has amended the Fair Chance Act (FCA) to expand employment protections for job applicants and employees with criminal conviction histories. The amendments became law on January 10, 2021, (upon being...more

New York City Expands Scope of its Ban-the-Box Law

Littler on 12/17/2020

On December 10, 2020, the New York City Council passed bill Int. 1314-A, which significantly expands the scope of New York City’s “ban-the-box” law, the New York City Fair Chance Act (FCA). The bill would impose significant...more

Updates to California’s Restrictions on Using Criminal Records in Employment Decisions

Littler on 10/8/2020

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), as amended in 2018, restricts a covered employer’s ability to make hiring decisions based on an individual’s criminal history, including but not limited to court records...more

The Fair Chance Act: Federal Contractors and Federal Agencies Will Have to Ban the Box

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/13/2020

Federal government contractors will need to be aware of the Fair Chance Act, a recently enacted statute that is scheduled to go into effect on December 20, 2021. The Act is a “ban-the-box” law that prohibits covered...more

New Year, New Local Ban-the-Box Restrictions on Background Checks

Littler on 2/13/2020

With the start of a new year—and a new decade—employers in San Francisco, California, Waterloo, Iowa, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, must follow new “ban-the-box” laws restricting their use of criminal records in hiring and...more

Federal Contractors To Be Limited On Criminal Background Checks

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 1/31/2020

Private employers with federal contracts will soon be prohibited from requesting criminal history information from candidates at the onset of the hiring process; instead, they will have to wait until after an offer is made....more

Updated Mandatory Notice for San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/24/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (the “FCO”), which was amended as of October 1, 2018, has long required that covered employers provide employees with the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement’s...more

New Federal Fair Chance Act Applies to Federal Contractors and Agencies

Littler on 12/27/2019

On December 20, 2020, the president signed legislation, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes the federal Fair Chance Act (“the Act”). The Act prohibits federal contractors that...more

New York City Expands Protections Under the New York City Human Rights Law to Independent Contractors and Freelancers

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 11/12/2019

On Sept. 12, 2019, the New York City Council passed a law, Int. 0136-A, that expands the scope of the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to provide protections for freelancers and independent contractors....more

Criminal Record Screening Policies Continue to Raise Important Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance Issues

Littler on 9/17/2018

Employers that use criminal record screening policies must continue to be vigilant about compliance with all applicable laws. Following a multi-million dollar settlement by a leading retailer earlier this year, a recent...more

New Laws Place Additional Restrictions on Washington Employers

Polsinelli on 5/31/2018

Beginning on June 7, 2018, four new Washington laws will go into effect and place new restrictions on employers in the state....more

San Francisco Amends Fair Chance Ordinance

Epstein Becker & Green on 4/30/2018

On April 3, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed notable amendments to the city’s existing Fair Chance Ordinance (“Ordinance”), a municipal measure that limits the timing and scope of inquiries into an...more

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