Clean Slate Laws

Clean slate legislation is a major labor law trend on the state level. These laws seek to expand employment opportunities for individuals with a criminal record. To accomplish this, the laws allow removal of specific types of criminal records from the public court record so that employers can no longer access certain types of records during background checks.

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.