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National Employment Law Project
90 Broad Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10004
Fair chance hiring and occupational licensing reform bills are taking off across the country.
The bills are modeled after reforms adopted in 26 states and 150+ localities.
Across the nation, impressive strides were taken in 2016 towards expanding fair-chance hiring policies for people with records.
Los Angeles becomes the 15th locality in the nation to adopt a private-sector fair-chance hiring policy.
A step-by-step guide to making workplace diversity and inclusion a reality.
The Fair Chance Act aims to ensure fairness in the job search for people with an arrest or conviction record.
Barriers to occupational licenses for those with even minor arrest or conviction records cast an unnecessarily long shadow.
Employers who can look beyond the stigma of a record may find some of their most dedicated workers.
The problem isn’t ban-the-box policies; it’s the race discrimination exposed by the policies.
National Employment Law Project
90 Broad Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10004
