Obama, Let the jobless sue!!!

[tonymctones]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/obama-proposes-letting-jobless-sue-discrimination-191042168.html

The job creation bill that President Obama sent to Congress earlier this month includes a provision that would allow unsuccessful job applicants to sue if they think a company of 15 more employees denied them a job because they were unemployed.

The provision would ban employment ads that explicitly declare the unemployed ineligible, with phrases like "Jobless need not apply." As The Lookout has reported, such ads appear to have proliferated in recent years, prompting an inquiry by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Lawrence Lorber, a labor law specialist who represents employers, told the paper the president's proposal "opens another avenue of employment litigation and nuisance lawsuits."


I dont know how I feel about the "jobless need not apply" line, Ive never personally seen a job ad like that but I dont think its that big of a deal one way or the other if they simply banned that.

BUTTTTTT allowing ppl to sue over perceived discrimination b/c they are jobless is just one more headache that businesses dont need to deal with right now. So now you will have businesses pull back even more on hiring b/c of being afraid of being sued by a disgruntled applicant.

Seriously is it that the administration is just so inept that they dont realize this or is it that they realize this and dont care?

[MCWAY]

Just when you thought the Obama bufoonery couldn't be any greater, Team "Hope-and-Change" outperforms itself.

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/obama-proposes-letting-jobless-sue-discrimination-191042168.html

The job creation bill that President Obama sent to Congress earlier this month includes a provision that would allow unsuccessful job applicants to sue if they think a company of 15 more employees denied them a job because they were unemployed.

The provision would ban employment ads that explicitly declare the unemployed ineligible, with phrases like "Jobless need not apply." As The Lookout has reported, such ads appear to have proliferated in recent years, prompting an inquiry by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Lawrence Lorber, a labor law specialist who represents employers, told the paper the president's proposal "opens another avenue of employment litigation and nuisance lawsuits."


I dont know how I feel about the "jobless need not apply" line, Ive never personally seen a job ad like that but I dont think its that big of a deal one way or the other if they simply banned that.

BUTTTTTT allowing ppl to sue over perceived discrimination b/c they are jobless is just one more headache that businesses dont need to deal with right now. So now you will have businesses pull back even more on hiring b/c of being afraid of being sued by a disgruntled applicant.

Seriously is it that the administration is just so inept that they dont realize this or is it that they realize this and dont care?

Very strange indeed. I wonder what is next, can I sue someone because I am not eating a sirloin steak every day?

[tonymctones]

Very strange indeed. I wonder what is next, can I sue someone because I am not eating a sirloin steak every day?

no but they will be able to sue you if you are per the peta lobby hehehe

[Soul Crusher]

Only a con law genius like Obama could conjure up something so brilliant.  What a fool. 

And he wonders why his own party wants no part of this farce? 

[whork25]

WTF

[Soul Crusher]

WTF

Its called obamanomics

[whork25]

Its called obamanomics

I call it bullshit

[Soul Crusher]

I call it bullshit

Actually - Obamanomics is a derivative of Kenyanomics.   Kenyanomics itself is a loose offshoot of Keynsianomics.