Postbankruptcy Discrimination: What Is and Isn't Allowed
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Attorney   There are laws that will protect you from most types
of postbankruptcy discrimination by the government and by
private employers.  Laws Prohibiting Discrimination by the
Government  All federal, state, and local governmental units are
prohibited from denying, revoking, suspending, or refusing to
renew a license, permit, charter, franchise, or other similar
grant solely because you filed for bankruptcy.  This law
provides important protections, but it does not insulate debtors
from all adverse consequences of filing for bankruptcy. Lenders,
for example, can consider your bankruptcy filing when reviewing
an application for a government loan or extension of credit. 
Still, under this provision of the Bankruptcy Code, the
government cannot use your bankruptcy as a reason to:    • deny
you a job or fire you   • deny you or t