CT SB00430

Prohibits employers from requiring employees or prospective employees to disclose arrests, criminal charges, or convictions whose records have been erased under specified statutes.

Requires employment applications that ask about criminal history to include notice that applicants are not required to disclose erased records and that erased records are deemed never to have occurred.

Prohibits employers from denying employment or discriminating against employees solely based on erased arrest or criminal charge records, or convictions for which a provisional pardon or certificate of rehabilitation was received.

Restricts access to criminal history information on employment applications to personnel department members and those directly involved in the hiring process, with limited exceptions for broker-dealers, insured depository institutions, and licensed insurance producers.

Requires employers to adhere to guidance issued by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the use of arrest or conviction records in employment decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Mandates consumer reporting agencies disclose when they report criminal matters of public record to employers and maintain procedures to ensure such records are complete and up-to-date.