The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it will hold a meeting Wednesday to investigate the practice of using credit histories as employment screening devices.

Screening for credit history has been an issue in employment law and Congress, most recently in a proposed amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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