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Augusta workshop advances proposal to expand "ban-the-box" protections, but oversight and appeal questions remain
Summary
Augusta City convened a work session to consider amending its ban-the-box policy to add "criminal history status" as a protected class and require individualized HR assessments. Advocates welcomed the move; officials urged clearer appeal, confidentiality and objective-matrix rules before adoption.
Augusta City held a public work session on May 1 to review proposed amendments to its existing "ban-the-box" policy, including language that would add criminal-history status to the city's nondiscrimination rules and require individualized assessments by the Human Resources Department when criminal records appear during hiring.
The workshop's moderator presented draft language that would require HR to "make an individual assessment of the relevance of the criminal record to the duties and responsibilities of the position" and said the draft also gives the director of human resources the final decision on whether a negative criminal history disqualifies a selected candidate. The draft would require written notice within 30 days to any candidate excluded for criminal-history reasons and provide a copy of the criminal inquiry showing the convictions cited.
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