GEORGIA

Restriction Explanation
State Public Employees – Ban-the-Box Provisions FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYERS ONLY: Per an Executive order, all questions regarding criminal history and removed from state employment applications. Also inquiries into an applicant’s criminal record cannot be made after “the initial stage of the state employment application process.”
Use of First Offender record Employer may not use a “first offender” conviction, except for employers such as: banks, schools, day care, nursing homes and those serving the developmentally disabled.