Remove questions about criminal history (if legally required, do background check after conditional offer, only consider convictions in recent history that to job responsibilities)

Here are some relevant resources to help you with this practice.

Wages and benefits, Training & advancement
Equity & Career Advancement: Insights from Underrepresented Employees
In this report, Grads of Life surveyed nearly 2,000 diverse workers from workforce development program Year Up to understand…
- Research
- Opportunity youth
Access to roles
Fair Chance Hiring Best Practice: Delaying Inquiries until Conditional Offer
Learn about why to delay background checks until a conditional offer is made and other fair chance best practices.
- Free tools
- National Employment Law Project
Access to roles
DKB Foundation
Partner with DKB to understand how your business can support second chance hiring.
- Free tools
- Formerly incarcerated individuals
- DKB Foundation
Access to roles
Dave’s Killer Bread: Demonstrating the benefit of hiring individuals with a criminal background
Learn how Dave's Killer Bread is making the case for job opportunities for formerly incarated individuals.
- Case studies
- Formerly incarcerated individuals
- Talent Rewire
Access to roles
Getting Talent Back to Work Toolkit
Read the ins and outs of ’s giving candidates with criminal backgrounds a chance to be included in the…
- Free tools
- Formerly incarcerated individuals
- Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)