Volume 12 Number 8 August 2012
by Beth Zoller As of July 1, 2012, Indiana employers are now prohibited from conducting certain preemployment inquiries and are restricted in the types of information they can obtain from consumer reporting agencies and Indiana state courts with respect to background checks and criminal history, respectively. +2012 Bill Tracking IN H.B. 1033; +2012 Bill Text IN H.B. 1033. Under the new law, individuals who were charged with crimes, but not ultimately convicted due to dismissal, acquittal or a vacated conviction or who were convicted of a misdemeanor and most Class D felony convictions that are old enough to qualify and did not result in injury to a person, are permitted to petition a court to restrict access to that individual's criminal record. This story continues on Page 3
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China will establish an unified criminals record system to better hold criminals' information and promote social adArticle ministration, an official from the Supreme People's continues on Page 9 Court (SPC) said.