This webpage contains resources for job applicants and employees with an arrest or conviction record, and employers who are considering whether to hire them. If you ask applicants for criminal history information, consider waiting until later in the hiring process to do so.North Carolina law allows someone whose arrest, charge, or conviction was expunged to omit that expunged entry in response to questions. If you believe you have a criminal record discrimination case, you will need to prove the employer was discriminatory regarding your record. The California Fair Chance Act protects job applicants from discrimination based on their criminal history. It is not a statewide record search. As a preliminary matter, the EEOC's Guidance strongly cautions against the use of arrest records in employment decisions under almost all circumstances. Is it lawful for a governmental employer in North Carolina to ask a job applicant about arrests and convictions? For decades, activists, advocates, and academics have decried mass incarceration and its harms. In NYC, you shouldn't lose out on a job just because you've been arrested or convicted of a crime.