EEOC Issues Guidance on Employers’ Use of Arrest and Conviction Records Under Title VII
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Today the EEOC issued its Enforcement Guidance on the consideration of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unlike New York law, federal law does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on arrest or conviction records. However, federal law does prohibit discrimination on the basis of…
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