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Economy February 5, 2015 | 8:42 am

Labor Ministry bans credit checks of workers, job-seekers

Santo Domingo.- The Labor Ministry on Wednesday banned checks of credit history of a person as a criteria for companies to give a job.

Resolution 02/2015 dated February 2 says the practice of checking a job applicant’s credit history is discriminatory because it’s an exclusion and contrary to equal opportunity or treatment to seek employment ,.

It also orders the Labor Ministryâ... Read more

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