A company is not allowed to refuse to hire Latinos or blacks because of a criminal record or bad credit.<\/p>\n
In a recent move to even greater equity in the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is warning companies that they may not use credit history information as criteria for hiring or firing. This comes about as a result of the EEOC suing Kaplan Higher Education Corp. for doing precisely that \u2013 using credit history information that had a major \u201cdisparate impact on black job applicants.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another of the EEOCs lawsuits is against Freeman Cos., sued for using criminal records and credit checks to screen applicants for their national events and exhibition marketing company. The EEOC is bound and determined to erase racism and \u201ccolorism\u201d from the workplace. And if the statistics are any indication, they have their work cut out for them, as the number of workplace discrimination suits shot up (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A company is not allowed to refuse to hire Latinos or blacks because of a criminal record or bad credit. In a recent move to even greater equity in the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is warning companies…<\/span><\/p>\n