Add Louisville to the list of
cities who have “banned the box”. The Louisville Metro Council passed the new
law earlier this month. This means that city employers cannot include a section
on the application that asks the applicants to reveal if they have been previously
convicted. Louisville joins over 50 cities/counties who have some form of the
ban-the-box policy.
These ordinances serve to
discourage employers from denying a qualified job-seeker based solely on a
prior conviction. This particular law pertains to jobs for the City as well as
vendor/contractors who do business with the City. The law pushes back the
inquiry into the applicant’s criminal history until later in the hiring
process. For more on Louisville’s new ordinance, visit NELP.org.
We are seeing more and more of
these policies. Half of the states in the U.S. now have at least one city with
a ban-the-box policy. Expect more soon. We will keep you up-to-speed.
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