Transcript Ban the Box

Hiring & Criminal Records
Joshua Kim
[email protected]
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Willingness to
Hire
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Holzer, Raphael & Stoll, Employer Demand for Ex-Offenders: Recent Evidence from
Los Angeles, Urban Institute Research Series (March 2003).
Basic Laws
(1) Dismissal
(2) ICRAA /FCRA
(3) Title VII
Penal Code §§ 1203.4, 1203.4a
set aside the verdict of guilty
dismiss the charge
released from all penalties and disabilities
Cf. Penal Code § 1203.45
2 Cal. Code Reg. § 7287.4(d)(1)(B)
It is unlawful for an employer to inquire or seek
information regarding any applicant concerning
any misdemeanor conviction dismissed
pursuant to Penal Code Section 1203.4.
Cal. Lab. C. § 432.7(a)
No employer… shall seek … or utilize, as a
factor in determining any condition of
employment… any record of arrest or
detention that did not result in conviction,
or any record regarding… any… diversion
program.
Cal. Educ. C. § 87405(a)
Governing boards of community college
districts shall not employ … persons who
have been convicted of any sex offense …
or controlled substance offense.
Cal. Educ. C. § 87405(b)
[N]o person shall be denied employment … solely
on the basis that he or she has been convicted of a
sex offense or a controlled substance offense if he
or she has … applied for a certificate of
rehabilitation ... and if the information or
accusation has been dismissed pursuant to
Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code.
FCRA v. ICRAA
15 U.S.C.
Cal. Civ. Code
copy to consumer
1681b(b)(3)
1786.16
certification
1681b(b)(1)(A)
1786.20(a)
complete & current
1681k
1786.28
accuracy
1681e(b)
1786.20(b)
obsolescence
1681c(a)(5)
1786.18(a)(7)
damages
1681n, 1681o
1786.50
FCRA v. ICRAA
copy to consumer
15 U.S.C.
Cal. Civ. Code
before adverse action
if requested on application
certification
permissible purpose, compliance w/ procedures
complete & current
strict procedures designed to insure…
accuracy
reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible
accuracy
obsolescence
7 yrs, except conviction
7 years
damages
$100-$1000 if willful, or
actual damages
$10,000, or
actual damages
Title VII
Targeted Exclusion
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Individualized Assessment
Title VII
What happened?
How often and when?
Rehabilitation?