Unemployment Discrimination

Congress Disputes Impact Of Hiring Discrimination Against Older Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Older Workers Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Nelp, Herb Kohl, Senate Committee on Aging, Age Discrimination, Unemployment Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Philadelphia resident Sheila Whitelaw lost her job as a manager at a clothing store when the store closed in 2010. She suspects she hasn...

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State Weighs Ban On Discriminating Against The Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 01.23.2012

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Lawmakers are trying to make California the second state in the nation to ban hiring discrimination against the unemployed. A bill introduced Jan. ...

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Labor Advocates Won't Let Up Against Jobless Discrimination

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For the past several months one labor advocacy group has continuously hammered companies that list job postings discriminating against t...

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Memo to Obama: Push for Jobs, Don't Shove Employers

Adam Levin | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Jobs Bill, Protected-Class, President Obama, Jobs, American Jobs Act, Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Barack Obama, Obama Jobs Plan, Unemployment Discrimination, Third World America, Business News

Does it really make sense to elevate unemployment to a protected status with race, creed, national origin or anything else protected by the Constitution?

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Indeed.com, Largest Job Search Website, Bans Discriminatory Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With mounting pressure from worker advocates and an online petition, Indeed.com, the Internet's highest-trafficked job board website, ha...

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Monster.com Says It Won't Ban Third-Party Ads That Discourage Job Applications From The Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Recruitment-Agencies, Political News, Fair Employment Act 2011, Unemployed, Usaction, New Jersey, Business News, Online-Job-Postings, 112th Congress, Monster.com, Unemployment Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The parent company for the employment website Monster.com, Monster Worldwide Inc., is taking action to get the progressive advocacy grou...

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Who's Afraid To Hire The Unemployed?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Recruitment Agencies, Cracker Barrel, Unemployment, Golden Corral, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, Hank Johnson, Economy, Rosa DeLauro, 112th Congress, Kirsten Gillibrand, Unemployment Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Job advertisements that require applicants to be "currently employed" are easy to find online. Yet attempts to trace the origins of such...

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What, Now To Get A Job You Already Need To Have A Job?

Claudia Ricci | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Long-Term Unemployment, Job Discrimination, Discrimination, Long-Term Unemployed, Jobs Discrimination, Recession, Unemployment Discrimination, Business News

With so many millions of people unemployed, and frantic to find jobs, companies are routinely flooded with applications for every open position. That flood gives employers the privilege to be very, very picky.

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Carrot or Stick, What Will It Take for Employers to Consider Unemployed Job Candidates?

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Hiring Discrimination, Hire Discrimination, Discrimination, Unemployment-Discrimination, The Unemployed Job Crisis, Hiring Unemployed, Business News

At any time, and in a heartbeat, any of us can become that unemployed job candidate. And if you are over the age of 50, look out; you may be prohibited from being considered for future employment at all..

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Employers Continue to Discriminate Against Jobless, Think 'The Best People Are Already Working'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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The number of Americans who have been out of a job for a year or longer has reached a record 4.4 million, roughly equal to the population of Louisiana...

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