Study: Ban the Box
Job applications without criminal history questions help increase hiring of former prisoners A study shows that removing questions about...
Washington Fair Chance Act
Senate bill 5312 - 2017-18, the Washington Fair Chance Act, will take effect 06/07/2018. Commonly known as Ban the Box, the bill will...
Statewide Ban-the-Box Law in California
The California State legislature has introduced a bill, AB-1008, which, among other provisions, would make it unlawful for an employer to...
Ban the Box Legislation May Find Bi-Partisan Support in North Carolina
North Carolina state legislators have filed a bill that would enact "Ban-the-Box" legislation for government jobs in city, county, and...
Albany County Legislature Votes to Ban the Box
Albany County is following several over New York counties in enacting "ban-the-box" legislation for county positions. Although there...
Kentucky Joins More than 150 Jurisdictions in Ban-the-Box Hiring Practice
Kentucky Governor, Matt Bevin, has issued an executive order, known as the Fair Chance Employment Initiative, removing conviction...
Do Ban the Box Laws Work?
The “box” is the part of a job application that asks whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime. Proponents of the...
City of Los Angeles to Enact Ban The Box
Los Angeles joins more than 150 jurisdictions in enacting “ban the box” or “Fair Chance Hiring” ordinances. The ordinance went into...