A lawyer for Iowa s largest business lobbying group asked the state Supreme Court on this week to strike down a Waterloo ordinance banning employers from requiring job seekers to disclose criminal convictions on their applications.
Ryan Koopmans, who represents the Iowa Association of Business & Industry, told justices during oral arguments Wednesday that Waterloo s so-called ban the box ordinance a reference the box an applicant checks to indicate criminal convictions illegally restricts hiring practices. The Legislature passed a law four years ago that bars cities and counties from making certain rules about employment. You cannot regulate the hiring process to a greater degree than state or federal law, Koopmans said. That s what the Legislature intended.
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