Unfairness of Background Checks
Many believe that a background check is necessary to create and maintain a safe workplace. The underlying assumption is that it can...
True Cost of Background Checks
All of Us or None v. Hamrick In May 2021, the appellate court in California ruled in All of Us or None v. Hamrick that trial courts in...
Criminal Record Questions in the Era of “Ban the Box”: Criminal Record Questions
There is very little consistency in how questions about criminal records are asked on job applications, or what information is requested....
The next Pandora’s Box of criminal background checks
To what extent do mandatory checks required by government lead to an overall increase in background checks performed by employers? This...
Banning the Box but Keeping the Discrimination?: Disparate Impact and Employers’ Overreliance on....
How can advocates use Title VII disparate impact litigation and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to move more effectively...
Ban the Box, Convictions, and Public Employment
Ban the Box policies do not increase statistical discrimination towards Black men. Contrary to other recent studies, this analysis...
Ban the Box and Perverse Consequences, Part I
Ban the Box laws are helpful for reducing discrimination against people with criminal records as a whole, while also working towards...