Chapter 431
2017 -- H 6141 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 10/05/2017

A N   A C T
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS

Introduced By: Representatives Slater, and Diaz
Date Introduced: April 26, 2017

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Title 28 of the General Laws entitled "LABOR AND LABOR
RELATIONS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
CHAPTER 6.14
EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS PROHIBITED
     28-6.14-1. Criminal history on application for employment.
     (a) The director of labor and training shall have the same powers and duties as set forth in
chapter 12 and chapter 14 of title 28 to investigate, inspect, subpoena, and enforce through
administrative hearings, complaints that allege that an employer has included on any application
for employment, except applications for law-enforcement agency positions, or positions related to
law-enforcement agencies, a question inquiring whether the applicant has ever been arrested,
charged with, or convicted of any crime; provided that:
     (1) If a federal or state law or regulation creates a mandatory or presumptive
disqualification from employment based on a person's conviction of one or more specified
criminal offenses, an employer may include a question whether the applicant has ever been
convicted of any of those offenses; or
     (2) If a standard fidelity bond or an equivalent bond is required for the position for which
the applicant is seeking employment, and their the applicant’s conviction of one or more
specified criminal offenses would disqualify the applicant from obtaining such a bond, an
employer may include a question whether the applicant has ever been convicted of any of those
specified criminal offenses.
     (b) The department of labor and training and the commission for human rights shall
cooperate in the investigation of complaints filed under this section when the allegations are
within the jurisdiction of both agencies.
     (c) The department of labor and training shall disseminate information to employers and
workers about the prohibitions prescribed in this section.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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