The Commission of city Council on human rights has already prepared lawsuits against a dozen companies have violated the adopted 2 years ago a law prohibiting employers in new York to be interested in criminal records of applicants when hiring.
Among the defendants in the lawsuit are such companies as Estee Lauder, Yelp, Resorts World Casino, Serafina, Kroll Associates, Barilla Restaurants, Best Market, Goldfarb Properties, inVentiv Health, Safeguard Self Storage, Aaron’s Rent-to-Own and Family Dollar. They openly rejected potential employees in hiring because of their criminal past or their sites have been posted electronic application for employment that contained a question about the previous charges, convictions and drives. Some employers are also checking the criminal past of applicants themselves.
«Everyone deserves fair treatment at work, including people with a criminal record,» said Deputy Commissioner Hollis PFIC.
The first claim considered by the court was not necessary. Representatives of the Respondent – company Yelp — made a deal and agreed to pay $ 30,000 as compensation: $ 20 000 compensation to the applicant, which was denied due to the presence of a criminal record in the past and $ 10,000 fine (although the size limit of a penalty in connection with the violation is $ 250,000).
