Research and Policy Library
Legal Outline of Authorites and Decisions Related to Criminal Records and Employment
- Organization: National Employment Law Project
- Date Created: Thursday, June 01, 2006
- Submitted: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
- Attachment(s): PDF
Outline covers authorities and decisions relevant to availability and accuracy of criminal records; civil Rights litigation; "cleaning up" rap sheets (expungement, pardons, and sealing); statutory employment restrictions; certificates of rehabilitation or certificates that relieve the holder from statutory forfeitures and bars; and other litigation for policy-makers and litigators to use in understanding the scope of employment barriers faced by people with criminal records and possible strategies for mitigating those barriers.