FEHC Proposed Criminal History Regulations Put Employers in Hot Seat

Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Fair Employment and Housing Council is vetting proposed regulations to prevent employers from discriminating against applicants or employees with criminal histories. Our colleague Kate Svinarich attended a recent public hearing and filed this report. And stay tuned for a later dispatch, featuring proposed regulations on Transgender Identity and Expression, which the FEHC considered at the same meeting.  

 

The California FEHC appears to want to make it easier for applicants and employees with criminal histories to sue for violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. On April 7, 2016, the FEHC met in Oakland to hear significant public comment from advocacy groups and the formerly incarcerated about Proposed Regulations Concerning the Use of Criminal History in Employment Decisions.

 

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