The Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District will pay nearly $100,000 to settle claims that it violated the state’s Fair Chance Act by wrongfully considering a person’s criminal history in rescinding a job offer, the California Civil Rights Department announced on Tuesday.
The settlement is one of the largest of its kind in state history, according to the Civil Rights Department. The job candidate filed a complaint to the state department alleging that the Contra Costa-based fire district rescinded a job offer based on the applicant’s answers in a criminal history questionnaire. By then, the person had already left their previous fire gig.
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