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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 09
Chapter 09.02
Section 09.02.040
 

Title 09 Employment Standards

Chapter 09.02 Fair Chance Hiring

Section 09.02.040 Applicability

  1. This chapter does not apply:

    1. to any employer hiring an employee who will have unsupervised access to children under the age of eighteen, a vulnerable adult as defined in RCW 74.34.020(21), or a vulnerable person as defined in RCW 9.96A.060;

    2. to employers who are expressly permitted or required under any federal or Washington state law to inquire into, consider, or rely on information about an applicant’s arrest or conviction record for employment purposes;

    3. to any General Authority Washington law enforcement agency as defined in RCW 10.93.020(1); or

    4. where criminal background checks are specifically permitted or required under state or federal law.

  2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to protect criminal conduct or interpreted or applied as imposing an obligation on the part of an employer to provide accommodations or job modifications in order to facilitate the employment or continued employment of an applicant with an arrest or conviction record or who is facing pending criminal charges.

  3. Nothing in this chapter prohibits an employer from declining to hire an applicant with a criminal record or from terminating the employment of an employee with a criminal record.

Date Passed: Monday, November 27, 2017

Effective Date: Thursday, June 14, 2018

ORD C35564 Section 1