By Patrick Treacy, Esq., employment policy counsel, American Staffing Association
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to withdraw its 2012 guidance on employers’ use of arrest and conviction records in hiring, effective the following day. The guidance was intended to prevent discrimination against job applicants based on their criminal history, particularly under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC has not issued replacement guidance and has stated that the withdrawal does not reinstate older policies.
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