Effective January 1, 2014, recent amendments to Minnesota law will restrict the timing of pre-employment inquiries by most private employers into a candidate’s criminal past.  Employers who are not exempted from the law may not (1) inquire into or consider or require disclosure of criminal record information until the applicant has been selected for an interview or, if there is not an interview, until a conditional job offer of employment has been read more ~ http://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/minnesota-enacts-%E2%80%9Cban-box-law-prohibiting-employment-application-crimi