Credit Check to get a job

[ben_341]

Hi, This has been mentioned before by people and appears to be a fairly widespread issue for many seeking employment that have less-than-perfect credit, such as myself.

 

After reading thread: 138485 Credit check to get a job I decided to do a search for an e-petition. A poster within that thread states that the FSA do not require a credit check for an employee unless they need to be an approved person with the FSA.

 

An approved person is usually a person doing a controlled function within a financial firm such as a director or a person giving financial advice. As a result of this, many employers who quote FSA requirements as the reason for credit checking an individual for a fairly low-level position are wrong for doing so.

 

 

As per the information provided in that thread, there is a workaround for the firm to still perform the credit check, by stating it is a requirement for that person to be competent for the job. This basically means that if you have credit card debt you are probably incompetent to work installing a printer at an FSA regulated firm.

 

This does not make a great deal of sense to me. Anyway, I found an e-petition as I personally do agree this is discrimination. This problem is keeping me in poverty and unable to pay off debts, yet I am a highly capable individual who happens to be in a poor position due to the financial failure of two former employers that were irresponsible.

 

Please sign the petition if you would like to see this practice investigated and hopefully eliminated for everything except those individuals who will be performing a controlled function stipulated by the FSA.It has been created by somebody else and personally I would have worded it better but the point is identical.

 

As I cannot post links, you need to google number 10 epetitions, and do a search for Credit checks until you find: Credit Checks = Legal Discrimination for Employers, petition number 1024.

 

Thanks, Ben

Edited June 28, 2012 by ben_341

[citizenB]

Here you go - here is your link.

 

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1024

[Musey]

I have signed it.

[rebel11]

Thread has been moved to the correct forum.