Credit Checks

Proposed New York City Bill Would Ban Credit Checks from Hiring Process

by Jonathan Sokolowsii | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/29/2013

On April 11, 2013, the New York City Council’s Committee on Civil Rights debated a proposed bill that would ban employers from using credit checks to evaluate prospective employees. The proposed bill, called the Stop Credit...more

Colorado Ninth State to Prohibit Credit Checks for Employment Purposes

by Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/24/2013

On April 19, 2013, Colorado's governor signed S.B. 18 to prohibit employers from considering an applicant's or employee's credit history in employment decisions. California, Maryland, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois,...more

EEOC’s Credit Screening Loss Is Not Necessarily an Employer’s Win

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/19/2013

On January 28, 2013, a federal court in Ohio handed the EEOC a loss when it ruled in favor of several employers for their use of a third party to perform credit checks on candidates for hire. The EEOC claimed that the...more

Privacy Breaches Can Be One-Two Punch for Employers: Arbitrator Awards Damages for Employee Credit Checks that Breached Privacy...

by Anne Côté, Terri Susan Zurbrigg | Field Law on 12/14/2012

Twenty-six employees of the Alberta Justice and Attorney General’s Maintenance Enforcement Program (“MEP”) were each awarded $1250.00 in damages each after a Peace Officer carrying out a workplace investigation used their...more

New Law: California Restricts Use of Credit Checks by Employers

by Buchalter Nemer on 10/15/2011

The practice of using pre-employment credit checks has come under attack for a variety of reasons. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22) that restricts California employers from using consumer...more

Credit Checks In California Now Tougher Than Ever

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 10/13/2011

Effective January 1, 2012, California employers will have to avoid yet another potential legal hazard that haunts businesses with the threat of costly penalties: the unauthorized use of consumer credit reports regarding job...more

Connecticut Mandates Paid Sick Leave and Bars Pre-Employment Credit Checks

by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 8/10/2011

With Democrats fully in control of both legislative houses and the governorship of a union-friendly state for the first time in more than a decade, two new laws have been enacted that place Connecticut at the leading edge of...more

Legal Challenges to Applicant Credit Checks

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/6/2011

Employers face rising criticism regarding their use of credit histories in hiring decisions. Civil rights advocates raise concerns that use of credit histories unfairly disadvantages certain segments of the population....more

Better Double Check Your Use Of Credit Checks

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/9/2011

Colorado, Maryland and Pennsylvania are the latest to join a growing number of states that have taken steps to limit an employer's ability to perform credit checks on its employees. So far, only four states have actually...more

Use of Credit Checks as a Hiring Screen Draws Questions

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 5/11/2010

Credit checks have become a common tool for employers looking for information to screen employees. Especially for employers who are inundated with employment applications in this tight job market, credit checks are an easy...more

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