California Becomes Seventh State With Law Limiting Credit Report Use In Employment

Just before a midnight deadline, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) Oct. 9 signed a bill (A.B. 22) that limits employer use of credit reports to evaluate employees or applicants, making California the seventh state with such a law on the books…

Supreme Court OKs NASA Worker Checks But Dodges Constitutional Privacy Question

In a case that some experts believe has implications for private sector employees, the U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 19 held 8-0 that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has the right to question contract employees about drug treatment and ask references about…

EEOC Race Bias Class Suit Against Kaplan Latest Move in Limiting Use of Credit Checks

A recently filed nationwide class action by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming an employer’s practice of checking the credit histories of job applicants and employees is racially discriminatory, is the latest…

Massachusetts Agency Issues Guidance on Law Governing Criminal Records of Job Applicants

BOSTON—National and international employers doing business in Massachusetts must inform job applicants of their rights under a revised criminal records law that took effect in early November, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination said…

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Workers’ Privacy Versus Federal Employer Background Checks

The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 5 heard oral argument in a case pitting individual informational privacy rights against…

California Governor Vetoes, for Third Time, Bill to Limit Employer Use of Credit Data

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—For the third time in three consecutive years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Sept. 24 vetoed a bill (A.B. 482 ) that…

California Bill to Limit Employer Use of Credit Data Clears Assembly; Veto Possible

The California Assembly Aug. 31 approved a Senate-amended version of a bill (A.B.482) that would restrict the use of credit reports by employers conducting…

Massachusetts’ Revised Criminal Records Law Changes Rules on Investigation of Job Applicants

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) Aug. 6 signed into law a bill (S. 2583) that will make it easier for employers to obtain criminal records of job applicants but restrict…

New Illinois Law Bans Employer Inquiries into Workers’, Job Seekers’ Credit Histories

Illinois employers will be prohibited from inquiring about or using the credit history of an employee or prospective employee as a consideration for employment…

BNA INSIGHTS: Incipient Legislative Trend Toward ‘Credit Privacy’ Compels Restraint in the Use of Credit Checks for Employment Purposes

The collision of two tectonic trends is spawning a new form of employee privacy right with potentially significant implications for every business that…

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