Elizabeth Warren measure would forbid employers from looking at job applicant’s credit history

[applegrove]

Elizabeth Warren measure would forbid employers from looking at job applicant’s credit history

by Noah Bierman, Boston Globe Staff

http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2013/12/17/elizabeth-warren-measure-would-forbid-employers-from-looking-job-applicant-credit-history/wCopICBY9jc3AdATRS8DRK/story.html

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The Massachusetts Democrat’s measure has support from dozens of liberal consumer groups, who argue that credit history is a poor measure of character and discriminates against the economically disadvantaged. But it could face resistance from Republicans who oppose more restrictions on businesses and worry about taking away another tool in reviewing job applicants.

Warren has made her career writing about the causes and consequences of personal bankruptcy and debt and has galvanzied liberal Democrats around her populist agenda.

“A bad credit rating is far more often the result of unexpected medical costs, unemployment, economic downturns, or other bad breaks than it is a reflection on an individual’s character or abilities,” Warren said in a press release. “Families have not fully recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, and too many Americans are still searching for jobs. This is about basic fairness.”

Warren’s bill is cosponsored by six Democrats, five of whom are from New England: Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio is also a cosponsor.




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[applegrove]

1. Seems like a bad credit rating used by employers to screen would also

put upwardly mobile and young entrepreneurs in jeapordy of getting ahead. Why would employers want that? That makes their whole "you'll be rich some day meme" bs.

[TwilightGardener]

2. That's something I can support.

[ShadowLiberal]

3. It's sad that we even need this to be a law in the first place

[Wilms]

4. ^