Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing an ordinance to help those with a criminal record move on from their past. A new Illinois law set to go into effect on January 1 will ban businesses with 15 or more employees from inquiring about the criminal histories of job applicants until after they have been deemed qualified. Emanuel's ordinance would apply that same restriction to small businesses in Chicago.
The new law and ordinance would not hide a person's criminal record. Those businesses still can (and will) perform background checks on the potential hires. However, the change in procedure will stop those businesses from using people's criminal records as an initial filter for weeding out applications. Now a business will have to think hard about whether they want to let a great candidate go just because of a mistake in her past.
The new law and ordinance would not hide a person's criminal record. Those businesses still can (and will) perform background checks on the potential hires. However, the change in procedure will stop those businesses from using people's criminal records as an initial filter for weeding out applications. Now a business will have to think hard about whether they want to let a great candidate go just because of a mistake in her past.
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