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They should be prepared to start an applicant\u2019s employment or contactor\u2019s engagement, or effectuate the transfer or promotion of the employee, but for the receipt and review of their criminal history.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Employers who want to rescind an offer of employment, transfer or promotion, or take an adverse action against an employee, will have to show very specifically, via a written, individualized analysis, which it shares with the individual, why the individual\u2019s criminal history disqualifies them from employment or the new opportunity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In running that analysis, employers cannot ignore evidence and other information provided by the individual about their criminal history. Employers must also engage with the applicant\/employee where they seek to act based on a belief that the applicant\/employee has misrepresented their criminal history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) has released updated guidance with respect to the Fair Chance Act.\u00a0 New <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":251981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign","category-legislationupdates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium 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