What state? Nine states -- Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington -- prohibit employment discrimination against ex-offenders seeking public sector jobs. Five other states -- Hawaii, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- also prohibit ex-offender discrimination in the private sector.
If you sought work in one of these states, you may have a basis for seeking redress. If, however, you work in the majority of other states which do not prohibit such discrimination, then you would not have any redress.
On a related note, you may want to seek to have your criminal record expunged. If a worker with an “eligible” criminal record can successfully have his record expunged, then the state will remove reference of this criminal activity from court, police and motor vehicle records and files. Moreover, the effect of the expungement order allows the affected individual to “truthfully” deny the existence of the above-described charges or convictions when seeking prospective employment.
For more information on expungement and related issues, you may want to review the following article, “IS YOUR CRIMINAL HISTORY THWARTING YOUR JOB SEARCH? HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.”
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