There are things that a person being turned from a job should have to endure. For instance, being denied employment for your sex, age, handicap(within reason), sexual orientation(again, with exceptions) religion, and so on.
But President Obama wants to let the unemployed to sue potential employers because the business didn't hire them because they were unemployed.
From The Hill: President Obama's American Jobs Act, which he presented to Congress on Monday, would make it illegal for employers to run advertisements saying that they will not consider unemployed workers, or to refuse to consider or hire people because they are unemployed.
The proposed language is found in a section of the bill titled "Prohibition of Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of an Individual's Status as Unemployed." That section would also make it illegal for employers to request that employment agencies take into account a person's unemployed status.
It would also allow aggrieved job-seekers to seek damages if they have been discriminated against. This provision in particular prompted Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) to argue that Obama's proposal is aimed at creating a new, special class of people who can sue companies.
"So if you're unemployed, and you go to apply for a job and you're not hired for that job, see a lawyer," Gohmert said on the House floor. "You might be able to file a claim because you got discriminated against because you're unemployed."
He said this provision would only discourage companies from interviewing unemployed candidates, and would "help trial lawyers who are not having enough work," since there are about 14 million unemployed Americans.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/181323-obamas-jobs-plan-would-make-it-illegal-to-discriminate-against-the-unemployed
First, if you put up a sign stating that the unemployed need not apply, that is being stupid, but these are the rare cases and not against the law.
There are reasons why people are not employed. The person may have a criminal record, have financial problems, a poor employment history, poor references, not qualified for the job etc. But Obama wants to throw these areas out the window.
But this proposal is just plain ignorant and stupid. All this will do is create employment for ambulance chaser lawyers, nothing more. And this will only hurt the unemployed because employers will filter the unemployed out of the job application process.
This once again shows that Obama has no clue how businesses work. He is totally ignorant when it comes to creating jobs. Obama just reads books and has no clue how the real world works. This also goes for the people working for Obama- they just have no clue.
So, this is another reason why Harry Reid should not allow this so called jobs bill come to the Senate floor. I think even Reid is embarrassed by this supposed job bill.
Is there any doubt that Obama is the worst president ever?
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