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• OPM Issues Further Guidance on Criminal History and Hiring - April 29, 2024

• FEDweek

  OPM has issued (at www.chcoc.gov) further instructions to agencies on complying with a 2019 law that generally limits their requests for information about a federal job applicant’s criminal history prior to making a conditional job offer.

  Under the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, in general a criminal record is not to be an automatic disqualifier and agencies generally are required to make tentative selections from among the highest-rated candidates who can comply with the requirements of the position. Criminal history might be disqualifying during the suitability determination phase, though, and some laws prohibit federal employment depending on the crime committed or type of position being sought.

  To read the full article, click here.

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