New Mexico became the second state to “ban the box” with Gov. Bill Richardson’s signature on a law prohibiting employment applications for government agencies from asking job seekers if they’d been convicted of a crime.
Ed Murray/THE STAR-LEDGERArmy Specialist Jaime Izquierdo of North Bergen and Specialist Michael Sheridan of Bloomfield listen to Jorge Sanchez a firefighter with the New York City Fire department at the G.I. Go Fund sponsored job fair at the Lawrenceville Armory…
Lawmakers’ efforts to spur job creation were delayed once again Thursday after the House amended a $15 billion Senate bill before passing it.
Lawmakers’ efforts to spur job creation were delayed once again Thursday after the House amended a $15 billion Senate bill before passing it.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Lawmakers in at least 16 states from South Carolina to Oregon have proposed outlawing most credit checks for job applicants.
80,620 as compensation mandated by state law for municipal firefighters and police officers suffering from heart damage caused by job-related stress.
Last year California lawmakers voted to curb the use of such checks, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill under pressure from Chamber of Commerce leaders who called it a “job-killer.”
Hundreds of people tried their luck getting a job staffing the new table games coming to Delaware.
A job-creation bill could be headed for defeat in the Senate next week, lawmakers and aides said on Friday, as key Republicans have withdrawn support for what was supposed to be a relatively noncontroversial measure.
The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general took another swipe this week at scams that target unemployed people, jointly or separately filing nine new lawsuits against alleged “con artists” who charge victims for bogus job leads. The FTC announced that it has filed seven more lawsuits, bringing its total to 11 since spring in what it’s calling Operation Bottom Dollar. The agency …
