A private nonprofit agency may refuse to hire a new employee who has recently filed for bankruptcy, despite a provision in the Bankruptcy Code stating that no private employer may discriminate against an individual “with respect to employment” because of a bankruptcy, a federal District Court in Pennsylvania has held. It has based its decision on a prior case in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that had enunciated the rule. A woman was given a conditional offer of employment as a cash manager at Esperanza, an agency seeking to strengthen Hispanic communities in Philadelphia, conditioned on a satisfactory credit and background check. When the check revealed the bankruptcy, the agency...