Less corporate abuse. Yay!

Good news from the Washington legislature (via Foster Pepper PLLC).

"The Washington Legislature passed a third bill that restricts employers from obtaining credit reports for employment purposes unless the credit information is “required by law” or “substantially job related” and the employer has disclosed the reasons for using the information to the job applicant or employee. The legislation was signed by the governor on April 18, 2007 and will become effective on July 22, 2007.

[This law] requires employers to obtain consent before procuring a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency. While earlier versions of the bill contained exceptions for certain industries, such as banking, the version that passed the Legislature did not contain specific exceptions."