Washington Becomes The 11th State To Ban-The-Box

By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.

Washington recently enacted the “Fair Chance Act” and in doing so joined the expanding list of state and local jurisdictions to “ban-the-box” and limit employer access to a prospective employee’s criminal record. Ten other states (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont) have removed criminal history questions from job applications for private employers. Read more.