Corporate Greed. American Companies & Corporations Refuse to Hire the Unemployed; Will Only Hire the Currently Employed.

Well, folks. It's been over a year since the EEOC testimony. Naturally, nothing has been done to address the problem...

This page still wants to out companies that engage in this practice. So if you know of one, by all means tell us about it in the Comments Section below.

Ref list: corporate greed, jobs, job ads, hiring practices.

Corporate America continues its refusal to hire the unemployed. Their job ads now contain phrases such as “no unemployed candidates will be considered” or “must be currently employed”. This is truly corporate greed at its worst.

This problem has become increasingly severe as evidenced by EEOC Testimony (new window).

This page is an ongoing compilation of companies that are engaging in this particular corporate-greed practice. If the reader is aware of such a company, please post their name and/or ad in the Comments Section below; any additional information would also be appreciated. When this list has accumulated 100 company names, the information will be forwarded to the EEOC.

EEOC testimony excerpts: … eliminating arbitrary employment barriers that operate to weed out qualified and interested job applicants … it is profoundly disturbing that the trend of deliberately excluding the jobless from work opportunities is on the rise …. Unemployed Need Not Apply: Stories suggesting systematic exclusion, often blatant, of unemployed workers from consideration for jobs began to emerge early last summer … Sony Ericsson,… had posted a job announcement …that explicitly said “No Unemployed Candidates Will Be Considered At All. … ad posted on The People Place … specified the company would “not consider/review anyone NOT currently employed regardless of the reason; … A Craigslist posting for assistant restaurant managers … flatly requiring that applicants “Must be currently employed; … unemployed workers—mostly older workers— … told they will not be referred or considered for employment, once recruiters or potential employers learn they are not currently working. … Most executive recruiters won’t look at a candidate unless they have a job, even if they don’t like to admit it. … the tendency to exclude the unemployed is growing. … Other staffing firm industry specialists similarly confirm that the unemployed need not apply…. “there is a disturbing and growing trend among employers—honored by staffing firms—to refuse to consider the unemployed for available job openings, regardless of their qualifications. This refusal is often explicitly manifested in job ads that include restrictive language specifying that only currently employed candidates will be considered; or that no unemployed candidates will be considered, regardless of the reason for unemployment.”

* Unemployed are being refused the chance to apply for work at some companies, Friday, February 18, 2011, By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The stories have been horrible.... So the want ads that included a line that unemployed applicants would not be considered have hit a nerve.... Wednesday the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission convened...

* Inquiry considers whether employers discriminate against jobless Boston Globe 24 hours ago. Are some companies weeding out job applicants just because they are unemployed? After news accounts about the practice and requests from concerned lawmakers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jumped in, trying to figure out whether it's a widespread tactic that could violate federal job discrimination laws...

* Bias Against the Unemployed Is Subject of Probe. WSJ, By MELANIE TROTTMAN,
EEOC Chairman Jacqueline Berrien said at a hearing Wednesday that the agency began hearing anecdotal reports of the practice last summer, including from news reports and from worker-advocacy groups gathering examples of help-wanted advertisements that said only individuals who currently had jobs should apply...

* EEOC Explores Bias Against The Unemployed, Braintrack, Compiled by Yaffa Klugerman. According to The Examiner, the perverse practice of excluding the unemployed as job candidates--and particularly the long-term unemployed--has been growing in many fields. Helen Norton, associate professor at the University of Colorado's School of Law, noted that advertised job listings for electronic engineers, restaurant managers and mortgage underwriters have explicitly stated that only currently employed candidates will be considered...

* Are companies excluding jobless from applying? KING5 Seattle 34 hours ago. Commissioners at an EEOC hearing Wednesday said they are investigating whether excluding the unemployed may have a greater effect on blacks, Latinos and other ethnic minorities that tend to have higher jobless rates...

* Are companies excluding jobless from applying? KING5 Seattle 29 hours ago. TACOMA, Wash. - Are some companies weeding out job applicants just because they are unemployed? After news accounts about the practice and requests from concerned lawmakers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jumped in, trying to figure out whether it's a widespread tactic that could violate federal job discrimination laws. At a job fair in Tacoma Thursday, desperate job hunters ...

* Are companies excluding jobless from applying? San Francisco Chronicle 2 days ago. (02-16) 12:37 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Are some companies weeding out job applicants just because they are unemployed? After news accounts about the practice and requests from concerned lawmakers, the Equal Employment...

* EEOC to examine treatment of unemployed job seekers, MLive.com - Jackie Headapohl - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎. Currently, unemployed people are not protected by anti-discrimination law. However, if the practice disproportionately affects minorities, who are protected against discrimination, it could be deemed illegal. The Commission will hear from invited ...

* Are Unemployed Applicants Facing Discrimination? The Epoch Times - Antonio Perez - ‎Feb 17, 2011‎. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) NEW YORK—Federal regulators are examining allegations that employers are biased against candidates that are currently unemployed, potentially a violation of federal anti-discrimination laws. A typical scenario might ...

* Are companies excluding unemployed from applying for open jobs? The Post-Standard 2 days ago. Because unemployment is hiring among blacks and Hispanics, the chances of an employer considering a minority are decreased by one-third if jobless applicants are excluded...

* EEOC investigates whether companies may be discriminating against jobless Contra Costa Times 2 days ago. WASHINGTON -- Are some companies weeding out job applicants just because they are unemployed? After news accounts about the practice and requests from concerned lawmakers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jumped in, trying to figure out whether it's a widespread tactic that could...

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