Meeting of October 20, 2010 - Employer Use of Credit History as a Screening Tool

• Media Advisory: EEOC To Explore Use of Credit Histories in Employment Screening at Meeting on Wednesday, October 20 (October 19, 2010)
• Press Release: EEOC Public Meeting Explores the Use of Credit Histories as Employee Selection Criteria
  
• Meeting Transcript

Agenda Open Session

1. Announcement of Notation Votes, and
2. Employer Use of Credit History as a Screening Tool

Panel 1: The Fair Credit Reporting Act: Employer and Employee Rights and Responsibilities

• Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

Panel 2: Stakeholder Perspectives I

• Michael Eastman, Executive Director, Labor Law Policy, US. Chamber of Commerce
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

• Chi Chi Wu, Esq., National Consumer Law Center
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

• Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

Panel 3: Stakeholder Perspectives II

• Sarah Crawford, Esq., Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

• Christine V. Walters, MAS, JD, SPHR, Society for Human Resource Management
  • Written Testimony
  • SHRM Research Spotlight: Credit Background Checks
  • Bio

• Pamela Quigley Devata, Esq. Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

Panel 4: Review of Scientific Research: Are Credit Scores a Valid Predictor of Job Performance?

• Dr. Michael Aamodt, DCI Consulting
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio

• Dr. Richard Tonowski, Chief Psychologist, EEOC
  • Written Testimony
    
  • Bio