This Law Firm Publication by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP discusses Seattle's new criminal background check ordinance that goes into effect on November 1, 2013, and the rules that the Seattle Office for Civil Rights recently issued to implement the law. The ordinance applies to any employee who works at least 50% of the time in Seattle regardless of his employer's location. Among other things, it prohibits employers from inquiring about and considering criminal history information before conducting an initial screen of a job applicant.