ATTENTION – ALL California employers

Effective January 1, 2012, employers in California – with the exception of certain financial institutions – will be prohibited from obtaining consumer credit reports to use in the hiring and promotion process after Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22) that restricts usage of consumer credit reports for employment purposes.

The following is a link to the bill that was signed into law:
Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22)