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Jan. 22, 2014

AB 218: Public employers can't ask about convictions

On Oct. 10, 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 218, codified in Section 432.9 of the Labor Code, which prohibits most public employers from asking job applicants to disclose their criminal convictions during the initial stages of the hiring process. By Marshall A. Camp and Bryant Y. Yang


By Marshall A. Camp and Bryant Y. Yang


On Oct. 10, 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 218, codified in Section 432.9 of the Labor Code, which prohibits most public employers from asking job applicants to disclose their criminal convictions during the initial stages of the hiring process. Effective July 1, 2014, AB 218 will impact the estimated one in four Californians with a criminal record, including the 9,500 inmates soon to be released from C...

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