[CityCenter]

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.

[MrB]

Then wouldn’t it be up to the employer to use his own discretion about how much weight to give the credit check,

and not up to the government to disallow it?

[Puppage]

I actually agree with this

As do I. However, if you're going for a position in accounting......I would think it's probably ok, IMHO.

[snarkytart]

Um, yea it does make sense especially if the position is handling money in any way, OR a security position where the person can be bribed for telling secrets.

[snarkytart]

Also, it should be up to the employer to give checks or not based on their business needs and wants and their experience with hiring and keeping employees. The Jackasses Of The Hill have no right to make yet another federal law blanketing business. And make no mistake all the huge corporations will be on board with this because it’ll hurt the small and medium size business who can’t fight back or don’t have enough money and clout to lobby for loopholes like big business.

[Jacquerie]

So a few hundred lawyers in congress should be able to substitute their aggregate opinion of employee hiring dynamics for that of millions of employers?

No.

[FrdmLvr]

That should be left up to the company to decide.

[lastchance]

I agree.

[P-Marlowe]

I actually agree with this.…

It really frustrates me when I see a comment like yours on Free Republic. It means that even on a website dedicated to limited government, property rights and individual liberty, there are still too many so called conservatives who maintain a knee jerk reaction to sob stories by uttering the liberal battle cry "There ought to be a law!!!"

There are millions of laws and regulations now that strangle any potential employer to hire the people they believe are the best and to run their businesses the way they deem appropriate. Millions. And you want to add another law to strangle this employer's liberty?

Have you learned nothing from your year and a half of being a registered Freeper?

We have a tough enough row to hoe to put an end to liberty robbing legislation. We don't need so called conservatives fighting for the enemy.

[Phillyred]

Agreed. Not everyone suffers credit problems because of character problems.

[Cementjungle]

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.

A reasonable person can look at a credit report and determine if the person simply fell on hard luck, or has a long history of being a habitual deadbeat. But, asking for someone to be "reasonable" might be asking too much.