Background Checks

New and Updated

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  Legal Timetable

  New Mexico Bans the Box for Private Employers

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  Legal Timetable

  West Virginia Amends Criminal Records Expungement Law

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  Legal Timetable

  Kentucky Amends Law Affecting Arbitration Agreements, Employment Contracts and Background Checks

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  Employment Law Guide

  Negligent Hiring: South Carolina

  Updated to reflect law protecting employers from negligent hiring claims, effective December 27, 2018.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Preemployment Screening and Testing: Michigan

  This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Michigan laws related to background checks and other forms of preemployment screening and testing, including ban the box laws, fair chance laws, credit check laws, preemployment drug testing, physical fitness and medical testing.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Preemployment Screening and Testing: North Carolina

  Updated to reflect amendments regarding certificates of relief for criminal convictions, effective December 1, 2018.

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  Legal Timetable

  New Orleans, Louisiana, Ban the Box Law Applies to City Contractors

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  Interactive Flowcharts

  Conduct a Credit Check for Employment Purposes

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  California Clarifies Employer Use of Expunged or Sealed Convictions

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Preemployment Screening and Testing: Massachusetts

  This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Massachusetts laws related to background checks and other forms of preemployment screening and testing, including ban the box laws, fair chance laws, credit check laws, preemployment drug testing, physical fitness and medical testing.