Credit checks surprise job applicants

(WWLP) - Your credit history could prevent you from getting a job.

Since the competition for jobs is up, more employers are looking deeper into applicants' backgrounds to staff open positions.

Over 40 percent of employers are even checking credit reports to see how responsible, or irresponsible candidates are with money.

Joseph Nai of West Springfield  doesn't think the practice is fair. "I don't think it's right, but I think you're credit shouldn't have anything to do about going out and getting ajob. Some people fall into hard times and their credit score goes bad, does that mean they don't deserve a job?"

The house is currently considering a bill called 'The Equal Employment for All Act' that would make the background credit check illegal.