hiring

Under a new University of California hiring policy, prospective university employees will no longer be asked about prior convictions in their initial employment applications. This push to “ban the box” will take effect as early as October, just over a year after UC Berkeley became the first UC campus to institute the policy.

In an attempt to close the wage gap, the City of Berkeley is considering an ordinance that would restrict employers from asking for or considering past salary of an applicant as a factor in the hiring process.