San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Severely Limits Employers’ Criminal History Checks and “Bans The Box”

By The Labor and Employment Group

The San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has now prohibited the widely used criminal history check box for employment applications. Unless the Mayor vetoes it, the “ban the box” ordinance will become law no later than Thursday, February 13, 2014. In addition to banning the box, the new San Francisco legislation imposes a host of additional new restrictions on the use of criminal history for employment purposes. These restrictions are in addition to those already imposed by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

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