Category: Criminal Background Checks
Connecticut Enacts “Ban the Box” Legislation
On June 1, 2016, Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law Public Act 16-83, entitled "An Act Concerning Fair Chance Employment," joining a national trend of legislation to "ban the box" in the hiring process. Effective January 1, 2017, Connecticut's new legislation modifies C.G.S. § 31-51i and prohibits virtually any...
Fourth Circuit Affirm’s Exclusion of EEOC’s “Cherry-Picked” Data in Background Check Suit
Approximately 18 months ago we discussed the United States District Court for the District of Maryland's ruling that the EEOC had failed to show that an event-planning company's use of criminal background checks, as well as credit checks, resulted in a disparate impact against male and black applicants. On...
