Democratic senators push for end to pre-employment credit checks ("women and minorities")

http://www.pottsmerc.com ^ | December 18, 2013 | Danielle Douglas

[ConservativeStatement]

WASHINGTON — Hank Ronan knew he would get the job. He had sailed through three rounds of interviews and hit it off with the doctors at the diagnostic center in Annandale, Va., where he had applied to be a driver for $11 an hour.

Shuttling patients to appointments was a world away from his 20 years as a software engineer, but it was the best that Ronan could find after being laid off in 2011. He was eager to get back to work and granted the doctor’s office permission to run a credit check. Ronan never heard back, he said Tuesday in an interview.

[lastchance]

I think in many cases these days employers never get to see the details of the credit score. Rather the applications are pre screened by an outside agency that automatically rejects applications based on certain red flags one of which would be the credit score number.

My husband was out of work for two years in that time frame the majority of jobs he applied for only took applications online or at a computer kiosk at the store. The first time he did get to submit an application to an actual person he was hired.

Read through a current employment application. Many of them have a section that is modeled after an MMPI. How is that not a concern? Add that information to what is gained by having access to a credit report I can see a potential for abuse.

[mdmathis6]

Some people have bad credit because the pay everything off by cash and have very little debt. What about them...are they irresponsible?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks justiceseeker93.