The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recommendation, in its guidance to employers, regarding criminal background checks, to not ask about criminal convictions on employment applications, continues to snowball through state and local courts across the country. Keeping tabs on the jurisdictions which have put into law the so-called “Ban the Box” recommendation is difficult. As of this writing, Washington, DC,  plus 22 States and 49 major cities and counties have enacted legislation, to “remove unfair barriers… [Read More]