Can a Potential Employer Discriminate Against the Unemployed in the Hiring Process? In today’s economic climate, it is truly an “employer’s market” – since there are so many people desperate for jobs, employers can be much more selective about who they hire. It has been widely reported that certain employers are not hiring job applicants [...]

Unemployment in January fell to 9 percent, the lowest level since April 2009, the Labor Department announced. The drop from November’s 9.8 percent rate represented the biggest two-month decline since 1958.  This is a clear sign of an economic reprieve. It was also announced that the economy generated only 36,000 net new jobs, the fewest [...]