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Provides that it shall be an unlawful
discriminatory practice for an employer to require, as a condition of
employment, an employee or prospective employee to consent to the creation of a
credit report that contains information about the employee's or prospective employee's
credit score,
credit account balances, payment history, savings or checking account balances or savings or checking account numbers unless exceptions are met.
We have tended to defer to this agency on
employment issues and the use of
credit reports in
discriminatory fashion.
The EEOC should issue written guidance barring or restricting the use of
credit reports in
employment as
discriminatory.
The racially
discriminatory potential of
employment credit checks is the key reason that civil rights organizations such as the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law have publicly opposed the use of
employment credit checks.13 In general, civil rights law mandates that employers justify the appropriateness of an
employment practice if it creates a disparate impact on a group historically subject to workplace discrimination.
Amends Ohio's Civil Rights Law; It is considered a
discriminatory practice to use a person's
credit rating or score or consumer
credit history as a factor in making decisions regarding that person's
employment
It shall be an unlawful
discriminatory practice for any employer to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or discharge from
employment, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual in compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of
employment because of the individual's
credit history or
credit report
Posted September 18th, 2015 by Michael Gaul & filed under
Credit Checks,
Discriminatory Hiring,
Employment Credit History,
Employment Screening.
The City Council unanimously passed the Fair
Credit in Employment Amendment Act to amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 to prevent employers from «taking discriminatory action against applicants, intern and employees based on the individual's credit history.&
Credit in
Employment Amendment Act to amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 to prevent employers from «taking
discriminatory action against applicants, intern and employees based on the individual's
credit history.&
credit history.»
The trends include: Number 1: Controversy over Whether Employers Using
Credit Reports for
Employment Screening is
Discriminatory Increases Number 2: Questions about Criminal Records of Job Applicants Become More Difficult for Employers to Ask Number 3: Employers Discover Fast and Cheap Online Background Checks Using Criminal Databases Not Always Accurate or Legal Number 4: Background Checks of Temporary Workers Cause for Concern for Employers as Hiring Increases Number 5: International Background Screening More Necessary Due to Mobility of Workers in Global Economy Number 6: Using Social Network Sites Such as Facebook to Screen Job Candidates Increases Legal Risk for Employers Number 7: More Workplace Violence Prevention Education Helps Protect Employers and Employees Number 8: Increased Privacy Concerns Over Offshoring of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Number 9: E-Verify and I - 9 Audits Help Government Find Employers with Illegal Workers Number 10: New Accreditation Standards Help Employers Select Background Screening Firms
As a result, the EEOC held a public Commission meeting in October 2010 to hear testimony on the growing use of
credit histories of job applicants as selection criteria during
employment background screening to see if the practice is
discriminatory.
The idea that
credit reports can be used in a
discriminatory manner in the eyes of the EEOC means employers will continue to face controversy with discrimination over using
credit reports for
employment screening.
Whether the use of
credit checks for
employment purposes is
discriminatory to certain job applicants — which ESR also named Trend # 1 in its Third Annual Top Ten Trends in the Background Screening Industry for 2010 — is a question that will be asked as long as employers run
credit checks on job applicants with money troubles.
To read an extended article — Is It
Discriminatory For Employers To Use
Credit Reports for
Employment Screening?
The increased focus on whether
credit reports and criminal records are
discriminatory was Trend # 1 in the
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) «Third Annual Top Ten Trends in the Pre-
Employment Background Screening Industry» for 2010.
«For the second year in a row, the number one trend on the list is the increased focus on whether the use of
credit reports by employers during
employment screening is
discriminatory.»
The controversy over whether employers using
credit reports for
employment screening is discriminatory is Trend # 1 in Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Fourth Annual «Top Ten Trends in Background Screening»
employment screening is
discriminatory is Trend # 1 in
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Fourth Annual «Top Ten Trends in Background Screening»
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Fourth Annual «Top Ten Trends in Background Screening» for 2011.
Number 1 ESR Background Check Trend for 2011: Controversy over Whether Employers Using
Credit Reports for
Employment Screening is
Discriminatory Increases.
Critics of using
credit histories for
employment purposes said the practice can have a disparate and
discriminatory impact on protected groups, including people of color, women, and the disabled.
«For example, the number one trend on the «Top Ten Trends» list for 2010 was the increased focus on whether the use of
credit reports and criminal records during
employment screening would be seen as
discriminatory,» says Rosen.