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Obama Hopes Job Bill Will Stop Unemployment Discrimination

The American Jobs Act, President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, aims to put a serious dent in the country's high unemployment rate by offering a variety of incentives to employers. Among them are various tax credits, including the temporary elimination of payroll taxes for new hires and a $4,000 credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers. But in addition to those carrots, the bill also wields a big stick: It would prohibit employers from discriminating based on a person's employment status. That means that an employer could not legally consider the fact that an applicant is currently unemployed when making a hiring decision. Click here to read more.
 
 



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