Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill that takes away the right of the state’s employers to review a job candidate’s credit report as part of the employment screening process. Or does it? The new law will officially take affect on January 1, 2011, but is sure to create confusion because while it bans the use of credit reports for most, it allows their use for certain industries and positions. Check out some of the exemptions: “those with management responsibility, signing authority over as little as $100 or access to personal, financial and confidential information. It exempts law enforcement and financial institutions and has no effect on other kinds of background checks.” So is it illegal to run credit reports or not?
This move is sure to raise concerns in the business community among those who were using these reports responsibly to protect themselves and their customers alike.
To sort through the mess, we spoke with Seyfarth Shaw labor and employment attorney, Pam Devata. Check out our podcast below.
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