Published by 5dmin at March 24, 2015 U.S. Cities, Counties, and States have increased their support to adopt fair hiring policies to reduce unfair barriers of employment to people with criminal records through ‘Ban the Box’ and ‘Fair Chance Laws.’ The EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, endorsed removing the conviction question from the job application as a best practice in its 2012 guidance for employment decisions considering arrests and convictions.
