{"id":6726,"date":"2016-03-21T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2018-12-28T20:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:28:44","slug":"how-employers-can-use-your-credit-history-during-the-hiring-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/credit\/credit-scores\/how-employers-can-use-your-credit-history-during-the-hiring-process\/","title":{"rendered":"How Employers Can Use Your Credit History During the Hiring Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the US, many employers have the right to look over your credit report before hiring you. Some say it\u2019s justified for \u201ctrust\u201d purposes. Others say it\u2019s unfair to minorities or to those who are low income. The good news is there are some states where employers are prohibited from using your credit score against you. These states include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delaware<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connecticut<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorado<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawaii<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vermont<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oregon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevada<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the state of New York hasn\u2019t banned this practice, the city of New York has, which is a relief for many job seekers. Keep in mind that there are still some professions where it\u2019s still legal to check your credit report such as some government positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the US, many employers have the right to look over your credit report before hiring you. Some say it\u2019s justified for \u201ctrust\u201d purposes. Others say it\u2019s unfair to minorities or to those who are low income. The good news is there are some states where employers are prohibited from using your credit score against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financeguidetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}