The Unemployment stress

[sam00]

Hello


My question pertains to the hiring practices of company's i.e. trucking company's useing the length of time a person has been unemployed as a meens to disqualify someone from employment.


Situation:

Since Dec 2008 I have been unemployed couldn't get back into a driving job do to at the time haveing 4 tickets on my record and the job avaliblity as we know in most states last year was let's say lacking. anyway just recently 2 of my tickets came off my record (3yr rule) so I started looking for another truck driving job. and so far out of the 5 I have applied to and got responses from. they all say do to my lack of current employmnet i.e. my lack of employment for the last 16mo is a primary reason for not being hireable.



So my question is. Is this practice legal. useing someone's length of unemployment as a meen's to disqualify for employment


Thank you

Sam00

 

[army judge]

It is in your vocation.

Try taking one of their training courses as an experienced driver.

It'll cost a few bucks and take an additional few weeks, but you'll be trailer truckin', sooner than you think!

 

[Patricia_Young]

But short answer to your question is yes, because the law doesn't prohibit it.

Having said that, however, it is now to the employer's advantage to hire someone who has been unemployed for more than 60 days; they don't have to pay the employer portion of FICA/Medicare for several months.

 

[army judge]

But short answer to your question is yes, because the law doesn't prohibit it.

Having said that, however, it is now to the employer's advantage to hire someone who has been unemployed for more than 60 days; they don't have to pay the employer portion of FICA/Medicare for several months.

Sorry, FICA and Medicare deductions should begin on the first day of one's employment.

If they don't, something is fishy!

 

[Patricia_Young]

Sorry back atcha. Please read my post again. That's not what I said. I said the Act provides for employers to not have to pay the employer's portion of FICA/Medicare for newly hired employees, through December 31, 2010 IF they have been unemployed for more than 60 days.
http://info.americanpayroll.org/pdfs/fpi/HIRE_Act_compliance_update.pdf

I've been in wage and hour compliance and payroll management for decades; I'm not talking out of my hat here.

 

[sam00]

Thanks

Thnak you

Army Judge and Mrs Young

I see im gonna have to dig in a little and guilt them into hireing me

I am A good driver with over a million miles exp. I just made some mistakes and am still paying for them, but ah well the american way never seems to surprise me.


Thanks again



sam00