Today's employers are constantly adapting to new rules
and regulations implemented at the federal, state and local level.
Sometimes the changes that require employer attention can come from
unusual places – like revisions to a state's
criminal code. Last month, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed
legislation modifying Indiana criminal code. That legislation,
House Enrolled Act No. 1482 (HEA 1482), includes some provisions
that have prudent Indiana employers reviewing their employment
practices and application materials.
This new Indiana law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2013,
relates mostly to conditions and procedures for the sealing or
expunging of certain criminal records after a prescribed period of
time. However, HEA 1482 also includes language making it unlawful
to, among other things, refuse to employ or otherwise discriminate
against a person because of a conviction or arrest record that has
been expunged or sealed.
