Fair Chance Hiring

Employer? Support the Fair Chance in Hiring Campaign? Want a sticker? Email our Economic Justice Organizer Tasha!

tasha @ stepuplouisiana.org

Check out the article about our campaign in Louisiana Weekly.

We passed HB 707 now Act 406 bringing us closer to a fair chance in hiring for all people with arrest records or conviction history. Act 406 has 3 main components:

• An employer shall not request or consider an arrest record or charge that did not result in a conviction, if such information is received in the course of a background check.

• When considering other types of criminal history records, an employer shall make an individual assessment of whether an applicant's criminal history record has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job that may justify denying the applicant the position. When making this assessment, an employer shall consider all of the following:

  • (1) The nature and gravity of the offense or conduct.

  • (2) The time that has elapsed since the offense, conduct, or conviction.

  • (3) The nature of the job sought.

• Upon written request by the applicant an employer shall make available 2 to the applicant any background check information used during the hiring process.