Wyoming-Employment-Licensing

Wyoming has no laws restricting consideration of criminal record in employment, including limits on application-stage employer inquiries.  Licensing agencies may not deny licensure based on a conviction that is more than 20 years old, except where the person is still under sentence or the sentence was completed fewer than 10 years before, unless the elements of the offense are “directly related” to the specific duties and responsibilities of that occupation.  Agencies are also directed to ensure that applicants have an adequate opportunity to appeal a denial.  Dozens of statutes regulating specific occupations have been amended to conform with general law, and in some cases to provide functional standards for determining “direct relationship.”