Latest Alerts
- Colorado Adopts Final Rules to Implement the State’s Privacy Act
(posted: 04/03/2023)The CPA Imposes Requirements On Organizations That Conduct Business In Colorado On March...
- Idaho Extends Unemployment Benefits to Military Spouses and Domestic Violence Victims
(posted: 03/30/2023)The Amendments Provide Some Flexibility To The General Eligibility Criteria On March 21, 2023,...
- Virginia Prohibits Using Social Security Numbers on Employee Badges
(posted: 03/30/2023)Employers Cannot Use Social Security Numbers As Employee Identification Numbers or Include Them...
IL Law Clarifies Employers' Obligations Regarding Expunged Juvenile Records
posted: Friday, January 5th
IL Law Clarifies Employers' Obligations Regarding Expunged Juvenile Records
Law Currently in Effect
A new law in Illinois clarifies employers' obligations regarding expunged juvenile records. Highlights of the law are presented below.
Prohibitions
Employers (regardless of size) are generally prohibited from considering expunged juvenile records in employment matters. Employers may not ask--in any format or context--if an applicant has had a juvenile record expunged.
Job Applications
Job applications within Illinois must contain specific language stating that the applicant is not obligated to disclose expunged juvenile records of adjudication or arrest.
Information about an expunged record obtained by a potential employer--even inadvertently--from a job application that does not contain this specific language (that the applicant is not obligated to disclose expunged juvenile records of adjudication or arrest) is treated as dissemination of an expunged record by the employer.
The law is currently in effect. Click here to read the text of the law.
