This document provides information regarding employers' obligations to not discriminate against job applicants and employees because of their criminal history. This webpage contains resources for job applicants and employees with an arrest or conviction record, and employers who are considering whether to hire them.Employment is one of the primary goals for all individuals with criminal records. Being employed is essential to achieving success and not reoffending. Applied for a job but experienced unfair treatment due to your criminal conviction? Get a review with discrimination lawyers at Nisar Law Group, P.C.. If you ask applicants for criminal history information, consider waiting until later in the hiring process to do so. The EEOC enforces federal laws designed to protect you against employment discrimination because of different protected categories. If you believe you have a criminal record discrimination case, you will need to prove the employer was discriminatory regarding your record. It is illegal to discriminate against job applicants or current employees because of the individual's criminal conviction history.