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Colorado Gov signs employer credit check bill

May 20, 2013 posted by Steve Brownstein

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill that had concerned — but not enraged — some Colorado business interests.
 
The Democratic governor signed Senate Bill 18, which limits employers’ use of credit checks as they consider who to hire and promote.
 
A Democrats' survey found one in four workers were asked by potential employers to have credit checks run on them, and sponsoring Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, said minority workers, women fleeing abusive relationships and people who lost jobs during the Great Recession were disadvantaged by these checks for financial issues unrelated to their work.
 
But Ulibarri worked with business groups to widen the pool of managerial and financial-position job applicants for whom such checks can be run and eliminated the right of applicants to file lawsuits if an employer illegally ran a check on their credit.