Use of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment May Be Discriminatory0

• Workforce & Professional Development
• August 29, 2017

by Laura Lapidus, Esq., CNA In April 2012, the EEOC issued Enforcement Guidance No. 915.002, “Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” (“Guidance”). It warns that blanket policies and practices that exclude all individuals with any type of criminal conviction record from employment