Does the Fair Credit Reporting Act restrict what an employer can ask on my application?
No. The FCRA does not prohibit an employer from asking questions in an employment application. For example, an employment application might ask if you have “ever” been arrested. The FCRA says a consumer reporting agency cannot report an arrest that from date of entry was more than seven years ago. It does not say the employer cannot ask the question. How to handle such questions on an employment application is of real concern to many people, especially those worried about a youthful mistake from the distant past. State employment laws may limit the questions an employer includes on a job application. For example, in California an application may ask “job related questions about convictions except those that have been sealed, or expunged, or statutorily eradicated,” but applications cannot ask “general questions regarding an arrest.” www.dfeh.ca.gov/Publications/DFEH%20161.pdf It is important to remember, however, that even the restrictions on reporting imposed by the FCRA do not apply
No. The FCRA does not prohibit an employer from asking questions in an employment application. For example, an employment application might ask if you have “ever” been arrested. The FCRA says a consumer reporting agency cannot report an arrest that from date of entry was more than seven years ago. It does not say the employer cannot ask the question. How to handle such questions on an employment application is of real concern to many people, especially those worried about a youthful mistake from the distant past. State employment laws may limit the questions an employer includes on a job application. For example, in California an application may ask “job related questions about convictions except those that have been sealed, or expunged, or statutorily eradicated,” but applications cannot ask “general questions regarding an arrest.” www.dfeh.ca.gov/DFEH/Publications/PublicationDocs/DFEH-161.pdf It is important to remember, however, that even the restrictions on reporting imposed by the
