95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB3053


 
Introduced 8/12/2008___________, by 
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Provides that it is unlawful for an employer to procure a consumer report for employment purposes where any information contained in the consumer report bears on an individual's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity.  Provides that the prohibition does not apply if the information is substantially job related and the employer's reasons for the use of the information are disclosed to the individual in writing or the information is required by law. Effective immediately.
















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SB3053

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    AN ACT concerning employment.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 11 as follows:
 
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    (820 ILCS 55/11  new)
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    Sec. 11. Consumer reports.
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    (a) As used in this Section:
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    "Employment purposes" and "consumer report" have the 
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meanings ascribed to those terms in 15 U.S.C. 1681a.
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    "Individual" includes employees and applicants for 
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employment. 
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    (b) It is unlawful for an employer to procure a consumer 
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report for employment purposes where any information contained 
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in the consumer report bears on an individual's 
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creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity unless 
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the information is:
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        (1) substantially job related and the employer's 
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    reasons for the use of the information are disclosed to the 
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    individual in writing; or
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        (2) required by law.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.