Sentences with phrase «police record checks»

What is clear is that there is significant individual and societal cost associated with widespread, unnecessary police record checks.

Additional costs include getting copies of your fingerprints, criminal record, court documents, and local police record checks.

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Through funding from the Metcalf Foundation, JHSO released Invisible Burden, documenting the unjust impact of police record checks on peoples» lives.

Michael Lacy, CLA president and a partner at Brauti Thorning Zibarras LLP, says it was recognized by the current provincial government that reform was needed around the type of information released in police records checks.

The following press release was issued jointly by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the John Howard Society of Ontario, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Ontario Nonprofit Network: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New law on police record checks tackles inconsistent use and guards against potential human rights violations Toronto, Ontario: Good news for Ontario workers, -LSB-...]

The president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association is calling on the government of Ontario to make good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.

«Our recent report questioned the value of widespread police record checks and shone a light on the damaging individual and societal consequences of Ontario's record check practices,» said Abby Deshman, CCLA Program Director and primary report author.

RT @ClaOntario: Letter from @ClaOntario President to Premier Kathleen Wynne & Minister Marie - France Lalonde concerning Police Record Checks...

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association applauds today's release of revised police record check guidelines for Ontario.

custody applications by non-parents, who will now be required to file with the courts police record checks and reports by children's aid societies as to any involvement they have had with such custody applicants.

An increasing number of Canadian organizations — employers, volunteer managers, educational institutions, licensing bodies and governments — are incorporating police record checks into their hiring and management practices.

Indeed, a wide range of non-conviction information — including records of suicide attempts, complaints where charges were never laid, withdrawn charges and acquittals — is regularly disclosed on Canadian police record checks.

April 22, 2015 - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the government's commitment to find solutions to public concerns with police record checks.

The president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association is calling on the government of Ontario to make good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.

The CCLA has now published two reports on police record checks.

«In it we outlined a series of short - and long - term recommendations aimed at reintroducing perspective, balance and fairness to police record checks.

«Police record checks, and in particular the release of unproven allegations or mental health information, has been a priority issue for the CCLA for several years,» said Sukanya Pillay, CCLA General Counsel.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has released a report, False promises, hidden costs: the case for reframing employment and volunteer police record check practices in Canada, questioning the value of widespread police record checks and shining a light on the damaging individual and societal consequences of current practices.

Persons with an existing record of a conviction under the Criminal Code of Canada or a provincial statute may well be concerned over an employer's request for a police records check.

Record checks can be necessary for employment or volunteer work, and in 2015, the province passed the Police Record Checks Reform Act.

Recently, the Ontario government passed the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, which will limit the disclosure of non-conviction information.

A virtually unknown statute, the Police Record Checks Act, Bill 113 was passed in 2015, yet has not been proclaimed as law.

After years of calls to address the inconsistent, and often maligned, approach of Ontario police services when it comes to issuing police record checks («PRCs»), the Ontario legislature finally tackled this important issue last year with the passage of Bill 113 — An Act respecting police record checks.

If made into law, this will make the Police Record Checks Act irrelevant and create substantive amendments to the law.

CCLA has a series of recommendations — both short - term and long - term — aimed at reintroducing perspective and balance to the societal use of police record checks.

«We have found no evidence that police record checks are useful workplace screening tools for employers or volunteer organizations.»

A new law, the Police Record Checks Reform Act will prevent discrimination on the basis of records that did not result in conviction in Ontario.

New legislation has been introduced to impose strict regulations on what information can be released in a police record check.

Ontario's Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Yasir Naqvi, presented Bill 113, the Police Record Checks Reform Act, into the provincial legislature this week.

On December 3, 2015, the Ontario Legislature's Bill 113, the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, (the «Act») received Royal Assent.

On December 1, 2015, the Ontario legislature adopted the Police Record Checks Reform Act (the «Act»), which will regulate how police checks are conducted in Ontario.