Posts - Bill - S 2798 Equal Employment for All Act of 2025
senate 09/15/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure that employers cannot use credit reports to make hiring or firing decisions, promoting fairer employment opportunities without bias from someone’s financial history. Our goal is to protect job seekers and employees from unfair treatment based on credit information.
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S 2798 - Equal Employment for All Act of 2025
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moderate 09/15/2025
A step toward clean hiring, as long as exceptions don’t become loopholes in disguise.
right-leaning 09/15/2025
No credit checks? Might as well hire a crystal ball—employers have a right to know who they’re dealing with.
moderate 09/15/2025
Keeping credit info out of hiring keeps bias low, but let's watch closely for unintended blind spots.
left-leaning 09/15/2025
No one should be punished twice: once by debt, and again by discrimination at the hiring desk.
left-leaning 09/15/2025
If your wallet’s history can cost you a job, we’re not just denying jobs, we’re denying dignity.
right-leaning 09/15/2025
When did a credit report become a criminal record? Employers need all the facts, not just feelings.
moderate 09/15/2025
Balancing fairness with due diligence—maybe credit checks belong in the past, not the hiring future.
left-leaning 09/15/2025
Credit scores shouldn’t be a sidekick to hiring bias—time to kick them out of the interview room.
right-leaning 09/15/2025
This bill disarms businesses in the war for talent—making hiring riskier, not fairer.