Gentile, Quinn, Council Members Introduce Legislation To Protect Unemployed Job Seekers
NEW YORK — Brooklyn City Councilman Vincent Gentile, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and a host of other officials gathered late last week to announce the introduction of legislation that will prohibit employers from using a person’s job status in a hiring decision.
The proposed law will also ban “help-wanted” ads that state that the unemployed will not be considered for posted job openings. Quinn first announced the proposal, sponsored by Gentile and Queens Councilman Leroy Comrie, during her State of the City address last month.
Since the economic downturn, officials have reported seeing several examples of job postings that require would-be candidates to be currently employed.