A check on credit checks.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Maryland passed a law this session barring employers from using credit checks to deny hiring a job applicant or firing an employee. It does, however, allow companies to run credit reports for high-level positions and for jobs that involve handling sensitive data. Violators will be fined $500 for a first offense and up to $2,500 for repeated violations. "A credit report should not be the measure by which people are judged in terms of whether they can do a good job or not," Senator Catherine E...