For long-unemployed, hiring bias complaints commonplace
March 23, 2012 at 6:41 am in Grand Forks Herald
Minnesota among states considering law prohibiting discrimination against unemployed in ads, direct hiring, screeningsAs high unemployment persists more than four years after the start of the Great Recession and nearly three years after it was officially declared over many who have struggled for years without work say they face discrimination. Nearly 13 million Americans, or 8.3 percent, were unemployed in February, the U.S. Department of Labor says. Continue Reading
Age discrimation more than anything else.
These days, anyone who’s been out of work for more than six months is more than likely to be 45+. And, almost none of those people are likely to be hired anywhere, mostly due to the higher health insurance costs.
Never mind that that group has skills that might be important to a business, it’s the costs, plain and simple.
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