The California Civil Rights Department recently modified the regulation (2 CCR § 11017.1) associated with California’s Fair Chance Act. The regulation addresses an employer’s restrictions and obligations for considering an applicant or employee’s criminal history. The modified regulation took effect on October 1, 2023.
Employers should be aware of the modifications to this
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) revised an existing regulation and adopted a new regulation regarding employers’ use of employees’ and applicants’ criminal history in employment decisions, effective July 1, 2017.
Restrictions that are specific to the use of criminal records were moved from California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Section 11017 to
The National Football League’s handling of several recent high-profile domestic violence incidents involving players Ray Rice, Greg Hardy and Jonathan Dwyer has raised the national consciousness regarding how employers handle domestic violence issues. Domestic violence has been, and continues to be, a prevalent problem that creates many challenging issues for employers. A recent Centers for