is it legal to do a financial investigation on a job applicant when job does not...

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...involve finances? I was informed I had a job and given a report date. I drove from Florida to Chicago, IL arrived as scheduled. The job does not involve any finances or handling money yet now I have been asked to sign a paper authorizing a financial and credit investigation. Is this legal?? If not who do I file a complaint with.
 
I can't think of any reason it might be illegal, unless they did it without your consent. It sounds like your job may be contingent on it, though; if you refused, if I were your employer, I would wonder just what is so bad that you had to hide it... or if you're simply that private/paranoid. Either would give me cause to worry.
 
This is perfectly legal and is more and more common these days.

The business is using your credit as a way to determine how well you handle your own finances. If you are not responsible to handle your own finances then why should the company think you would be responsible enough to work for them?

Now, is this a good way of thinking for the company? Well, I have read that credit is not a good indicator of responsibility these days. People can have problems but some businesses believe that there is a magic number out there that they can use to figure if an employee is worthy or not.
 
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