Labor/Employment
Feb. 18, 2011
Employers Who Screen the Unemployed Run Risks
Job ads excluding unemployed candidates are gaining attention. Employers who do it could be targeted for discrimination.
By Catherine Ho
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The stagnant job market seems to be breeding a new kind of employment discrimination, but one with no apparent legal redress: employers who automatically turn away job applicants because they're unemployed.
Spurred by a rash of job ads nationwide saying "the unemployed need not apply," the federal agency in charge of enforcing discrimination laws held its first public hearing on the issu...
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