Bill > H3518

This bill, titled "Relative to the use of credit reports in the hiring process," aims to prevent discrimination in employment based on an individual's credit history or credit report. Specifically, it amends existing law to prohibit employers from refusing to hire, employ, or otherwise discriminating against individuals in their compensation or employment terms due to their credit information, unless that information is directly relevant to a "bona fide occupational qualification." A bona fide occupational qualification is defined as a necessary requirement for a job, such as when state or federal law mandates bonding for the position, the role involves unsupervised access to significant amounts of cash or assets, the position has signatory power over substantial business assets, it's a managerial role controlling business direction, or the job requires access to sensitive personal, financial, trade secret, or national security information, among other specific criteria outlined in federal or state regulations. The bill also mandates that the executive office of labor and workforce development create regulations to further define these circumstances by January 1, 2013.