Are Companies Excluding Jobless from Applying?
Press release from the issuing company
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Are some companies weeding out job applicants just because they are unemployed?
Commissioners at an EEOC hearing Wednesday said they are investigating whether excluding the unemployed may have a greater effect on blacks, Latinos and other ethnic minorities that tend to have higher jobless rates. There are no specific legal protections for the unemployed.
