HB3056 - Employee Background Fairness Act

• Prohibits employers from refusing to hire or discharging employees based on criminal history unless there is a direct relationship between a conviction and the specific employment sought.

• Bars employers from considering arrests not leading to conviction, completed diversion programs, vacated/expunged convictions, juvenile records, and non-felony/misdemeanor offenses.

• Requires employers to provide written notice before taking adverse action, including a copy of the criminal history report and specific convictions at issue, and allow the applicant or employee at least 7 days to provide mitigating information.

• Mandates employers conduct a good faith individualized assessment of any rehabilitation or mitigating circumstances provided before making a final employment decision.

• Allows individuals denied or discharged employment in violation of the Act to recover $2,000 or actual damages (whichever is greater), attorney's fees and costs, and punitive damages through civil action.