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Certificate of Relief: Reducing Employer Exposure for Hiring Employees with Certain Criminal Convictions

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Recently, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted β€œAn Act to Amend the Law Regarding a Certificate of Relief For Criminal Convictions” (the β€œAct”). The Act will become effective on December 1, 2018, and applies to petitions for relief filed on or after that date.