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Audits found that Delaware’s 19 school districts and the Department of Education (DOE) could improve their criminal background check processes.

Assembly Bill 1720 (AB 1720) was introduced in the California State Assembly to affect criminal background checks at community care facilities.

Effective October 1, 2021, a new law passed in the state of Nevada will restrict employers from inquiring into an applicant’s salary history.

Total nonfarm employment in the United States rose by 559,000 jobs and the unemployment rate declined to 5.8 percent, according to the May 2021 jobs report.

The California Legislature is considering legislation – California Senate Bill 731 (SB 731) – that would limit access to criminal records in California.

A mass shooting at a light rail yard in San Jose, California, by a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) employee that took the lives of nine co-workers on May 26, 2021, in yet another tragic case of workplace violence is “the latest in a spate of shootings that have struck essential workers in the U.S.,” according to a report from CNN. CNN reported that the gunman had been identified as Samuel Cassidy, who investigators believe took his own life after the shooting, and “the victims and a...

The REDEEMER Act will take effect in July 2021. “Beginning in July, when the law takes effect, people who qualify for the break will be able to petition the court for the expungement. Judges will make the determination based on factors like the nature of the offense and how long ago it occurred,” WALA Fox10 News reported. “The expungement option is not open to everyone. Violent felons and people convicted of sex offenses will not be able to apply. But people with misdemeanors and certai...

On April 5, 2021, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed into law House Bill 497 (HB 497) that will create a certificate program to give employers protection from legal barriers and civil liabilities for hiring qualified ex-offenders who have prior criminal records and are trained for a job. The new law will take effect in July 2021. HB 497 – which was unanimously passed by the Kentucky Legislature in March 2021 – requires the Department of Corrections (DOC) to issue ex-offenders documentati...

On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – filed a lawsuit that claimed a School District in New York violated federal law by paying lower wages to a female superintendent than to a male superintendent performing the same work. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit filed against the Hunter-Tannersville Central School District in New York, Dr. Susan Vickers had over 26 years of work experience i...