Of course they’re calling for an end to it.
Credit checks are way too accurate of a proxy for a “character check”.
I actually agree with this. The economy has been really hard on people and decimated their credit ratings. As long as the work history is good and referecnes check out, I see no reason why credit checks should be done.
Credit checks generally offer an unbiased picture of what kind of person you are dealing with.
Everytime they make it harder for employers to judge the quality of applications, they increase the incentive to automate the jobs away.
People are losing one of the most personal things they have; their choice for their own health and doctor, yet these asshat libtards on the hill are still pissing in the wind over stuff like this.
The left never stops; evil doesn’t take a break.
Employers don’t want to hire people...esp out of work Americans...makes it easier to push for Illegal Alien Amnesty and cheap foreign labor.
I could see a credit check on someone handling money directly...but not for a driver
And raaacist!
I can not predict what the unintended consequences will be if this (and the not allowing to ask about criminal behavior) is put into law, but I can predict there will be some.
I am working at a job behind enemy lines (all of management are 0bama worshipers). I constantly get child support garnishment orders, back taxes garnishment orders, creditor judgements, etc. A high percentage of the deadbeats are managers. Oh, and by the way, they are all women and minorities,they all get paid a lot more than I get paid, and they are incompetent. You have probably guessed by now that the operation is gubmint funded.
they don’t want credit checks (even if you’re hiring for positions that handle money)
they don’t want criminal history checks (same comment)
they don’t want citizenship checks or questions
and they impose all sorts of new higher costs (taxes, fees, and high “regulatory compliance” costs and hasslements, including now Obamacare) if you do dare to give anybody a job
BOTTOM LINE - Obama/Pelosi/Reid and Company are STILL working hard to Increase Unemployment and destroy American jobs. Expect more of same.
This will have wide support because so many have had their credit bruised in a crappy economy.
Eventually I am sure the plan is to make credit ratings themselves illegal. Because they’re RAAAAACIST.
Every one has had a bounced check or run up bad credit. Sometimes people just have too much to handle... it doesn’t mean they’re bad people or irresponsible.
Too many employers judge a person solely by a credit bureau’s report, which doesn’t tell them why the person has debts. The practice should be banned, except in limited circumstances like renting an apartment or jobs that involving handling lots of money, like cashier or bank teller jobs.
Your debts should not be a reflection on your eligibility for a job. And conservatives who oppose it are really saying its better if such people stay on welfare than get a job and show they’re responsible.
Read the posts. There are freepers with the mind of a tyrant among us. They want to strip the rights away from employers to hire who they wish.
Democrats don’t want criminal checks either - all these ‘character’ checks work against Democrats... and yeah, every now and then one of us. But for dems - it’s a way of life. (In case someone thinks this is a dog whistle - yes, in fact I am talking primarily about inner city blacks)
Credit checks for employment are just another problem for identity theft victims. Credit reporting agencies aren’t too quick at fixing these things.
Republican senators push for pre-employment credit checks on presidential candidates from Hawaii, Chicago, Harvard, Columbia, Occidental, Jakarta and Kenya.
I have seen way too many bookkeepers and trusted employees steal their employers blind for this to make sense. I view this as just one more very big “straw” to break the camel’s back. the evil SOBs are trying to MAKE SMALL BUSINESS EXTINCT, people. Don’t you get it??????
Note also the WaPo writer's use of the medical practice as the convenient "whipping boy" employer in the scenario. That's no surprise, either.
From a logical and libertarian perspective, if an applicant for employment at a private entity is in debt to an unrelated party or parties, why should the potential employer need to know about it unless the potential employer intends to assume a creditor relationship with the prospective employee?
The guy who could have been denied a job because of a bad credit rating should have denied consent to the prospective employer to research his credit history, and told the prospective employer that it's irrelevant to his capability of performing the job for which he was applying.
The previous credit problems between the prospective employee and his creditors could and should be resolved outside the prospective employer-employee relationship, and without any government meddling beside civil court proceedings if necessary.