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February 2012 Employment Situation Report Shows 227000 Jobs Added
Report Shows Almost Two Million Unemployed Americans Risk Unemployment Insurance Cut Offs in January 2012
According to a new report issued by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) – “Hanging on by a Thread” – nearly two million unemployed Americans will be cut off from federal unemployment insurance in January 2012 and millions more will face the same fate in the months following unless Congress reauthorizes the programs before they…
250,000 Petition Signatures Delivered to Congress in Support of Legislation Ending Discrimination against Unemployed Job Seekers
A quarter of a million petition signatures gathered in an online campaign urging major job websites to stop posting ads online specifically excluding unemployed job seekers were delivered to Congress Wednesday in support of legislation – the ‘Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011’ (S. 1471) – that would end the practice by employers, recruiters, and…
Fair Employment Opportunity Act Bill in Senate would Prohibit Discrimination against Unemployed Jobseekers
With a bill (H.R. 2501) already introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and support in Congress building to end discrimination against unemployed jobseekers, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) have sponsored the ‘Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011’ (S. 1471) that would bar employers and employment…
New York Bill Would Bar Discrimination against Unemployed Job Seekers by Making the Unemployed a Protected Class
In an effort to bar discrimination against unemployed job seekers in New York state, Senate Bill 5316 (SB 5316) – proposed by Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (35th District- D/WF/I) – would make the unemployed a “protected class” in New York and make it illegal for employers to deny out-of-work applicants an interview or position solely because…
Bureau of Labor Statistics Report Shows Employment Rose by 244,000 Jobs in April 2011
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 244,000 jobs overall in April 2011 – with the private sector adding 268,000 jobs, the most in over five years since February 2006 – and the gains occurred mostly in several service-providing industries, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported. ‘THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION –…
EEOC Examines Practice of Employers Excluding Unemployed Job Applicants from Job Vacancies
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public meeting on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 to examine the practice by employers of considering only those currently employed for job vacancies and excluding currently unemployed persons from job applicant pools, including in job announcements, and also to hear from invited panelists on the potential impact…
