SB358 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Hank Sanders

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes

Description

Under existing law, there is no Alabama statute prohibiting an employer from discriminating against a job applicant based on his or her criminal record. This bill would prohibit employers from inquiring on any application for employment whether the applicant has ever been arrested, charged with, or convicted of any crime, unless the position is related to law enforcement or a law or regulation allows an individual to be disqualified from employment because of a criminal conviction.

This bill would allow an employer to ask an applicant for information about his or her criminal record at a first interview or thereafter.

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Subjects

Employment