(1) "Applicant" means an individual who provides information to a public or private employer for the purpose of obtaining employment.

(2) (a) "Criminal conviction" means a verdict or finding of guilt after a criminal trial or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge. (b) "Criminal conviction" does not include an expunged criminal conviction.

(a) "Criminal conviction" means a verdict or finding of guilt after a criminal trial or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge.

(b) "Criminal conviction" does not include an expunged criminal conviction.

(3) (a) "Private employer" means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. (b) "Private employer" does not include a public employer.

(a) "Private employer" means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written.

(b) "Private employer" does not include a public employer.

(4) "Public employer" means an employer that is: (a) the state or any administrative subunit of the state, including a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government; (b) a state institution of higher education; or (c) a municipal corporation, county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state.

(a) the state or any administrative subunit of the state, including a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government;

(b) a state institution of higher education; or

(c) a municipal corporation, county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state.