credit reports
Oregon Issues New Rules on Use of Credit History for Employment Decisions
By admin at 12 July, 2010, 1:57 pm
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR, & Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Staff Writer
As noted previously on ESR, the state of Oregon recently passed a law preventing most employers from using the credit histories of job applicants or employees for employment-related decisions by prohibiting an employer from using credit history for employment purposes unless that credit [...]
ESR Provides Information to Job Applicants on Background Checks and Credit Reports
By admin at 2 June, 2010, 12:14 pm
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
Job applicants need all the information they can get on the subjects of credit reports and background checks, especially when credit report checks by some employers for certain job positions during employment background checks could mean the difference in finding work.
Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading national pre-employment screening firm [...]
Federal Bill Seeks To Ban Credit Report Checks for Most Employment Screening
By admin at 12 May, 2010, 10:36 am
By Les Rosen, President of ESR & Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
Employers may have one less employment screening tool at their disposal if a federal bill banning credit checks during most employment background checks becomes law.
Recent legislative efforts throughout the country have sought to ban credit reports from the employment screening process. Three states – Washington, [...]
Federal Bill Seeks To Ban Credit Report Checks for Most Employment Screening
By admin at 12 May, 2010, 10:36 am
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
Employers may have one less employment screening tool at their disposal if a federal bill banning credit checks during most employment background checks becomes law.
Recent legislative efforts throughout the country have sought to ban credit reports from the employment screening process. Three states – Washington, Hawaii, and Oregon – currently [...]
FTC Offers Facts for Consumers about Credit Reports and Employment Background Checks
By admin at 10 May, 2010, 3:46 pm
By Les Rosen, President of ESR & Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the nation’s consumer protection agency – issued “FTC Facts For Consumers” in May 2010 that explains “Credit Reports and Employment Background Checks” to consumers who have applied for jobs.
Although the new FTC notice has been criticized for containing [...]
Credit Reporting Agency Fights to Preserve Use of Credit Checks during Employment Background Checks
By admin at 3 May, 2010, 10:43 am
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR & Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
With 15 million workers currently unemployed according to recent Department of Labor statistics, it has been argued that job applicants risk getting caught in a “Catch-22” situation where they have bad credit because they cannot get jobs but cannot get jobs because they have [...]
New Oregon Law Prohibits Use of Credit History of Job Applicants for Employment Screening
By admin at 2 April, 2010, 1:41 pm
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
A newly signed law in Oregon prevents employers – with limited exceptions – from using the credit histories of job applicants in making employment-related decisions.
Senate Bill (SB) 1045 – recently signed into law by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski – prohibits the use of credit history for employment purposes including hiring, [...]
SHRM Surveys Reveal 3 Out Of 4 Businesses Conduct Reference Background Checks and Criminal Background Checks
By admin at 23 March, 2010, 2:55 pm
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
A series of recent surveys from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reveals that when it comes to reference background checks and criminal background checks, approximately three out of four U.S. businesses perform these two types of background checks as part of their pre-employment screening programs.
According to surveys conducted [...]
Proposed Credit Report Law in Oregon Would Limit Employment Screening Background Checks
By admin at 28 February, 2010, 8:34 pm
Oregon may be following Hawaii and Washington as states placing limits on the use of credit reports for employment purposes when the Oregon legislature passed a bill and sent it to the governor. The proponents of the bill believe that credit reports are not related to the ability to perform the job, and can be inaccurate and discriminatory. Opponents are concerned that embezzlement will increase and employers risk harmful hiring decisions. Read more about this ongoing issue.
Read More >>Employment Screening Resources quoted in article on MSNBC on credit reports
By admin at 23 February, 2010, 12:07 pm
An article in MSNBC examining the use of credit reports and employment quoted Employment Screening Resources President Lester Rosen on how credit reports are used in screening.
The article concerned the current controversy over the use of credit reports and the suggestion that in a recession, that credit reports can harm job applicants. See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35512038/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/
ESR was [...]