NEW ORLEANS - The City's Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Internal Audit Division recently provided an update to the Council outlining how the Administration will implement and enforce the Ban the Box law approved in October 2018. The CAO's Office has begun implementing new policies and procedures to comply with the Ban the Box Ordinance.

The new law would prohibit the City and City contractors from asking about the criminal history of potential employees on initial job applications. A criminal background check is still required on all candidates to make final hiring decisions for people with records in light of other relevant information, including experience, the seriousness of any past conviction, when the incident took place and what has occurred in the applicant's life since then.

In 2014, the City enacted a similar policy for classified and unclassified jobs in all City departments, boards, agencies, and commissions. Governmental Affairs Chair Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer pushed for an ordinance that codifies this policy and extends it to all entities with a City contract, grant, or cooperative endeavor agreement.

WHAT: Governmental Affairs Committee Meeting  

WHEN: Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 10 a.m.
 

WHERE: Council Chamber in City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112 

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Media Contact:

Tiffaney Bradley

Communications Director

Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer, District "C"

Tiffaney.bradley@nola.gov

(504) 295-4970