A couple of days ago the New York City Council overwhelmingly voted (44-4)
in favor of allowing unemployed residents to sue companies and business owners,
with which they had an interview, if they do not get the job.
You read that correctly. The City of
New York has opened the door to people suing a potential employer because they
do not get hired. I guess the City
Council believes it is helping the unemployed but in reality it will most
likely result in fewer interviews being granted and fewer people being hired. Of course, if a person can show they were
denied an interview they can probably sue the potential employer for that as
well.
Think about the possibilities. An
unemployed person could lie on his application about his experience, completely
fail the interview and if he doesn’t get the job he can sue the interviewing
company. Makes perfect sense to me….
I am beginning to wonder why anyone wants to live in New York City besides
liberals who live off of government entitlements and who enjoy government control. In the last year Mayor Bloomberg has outlawed
smoking in public places (such as parks and the beach), has passed new,
stricter gun laws, has decided citizens cannot buy soft drinks in cups bigger
than 16 ounces, has told hospital Emergency Rooms they cannot give out more
than three pain pills to a patient, and now the City Council wants to allow
people to sue someone if they don't get a job.
Ironically, Mayor Bloomberg says he will veto this bill if it comes to
his desk. That truly surprises me since
Bloomberg has been working hard to turn New York City into a nanny city. The mayor should jump at this chance to level
the playing field! But it doesn’t really
matter because the City Council says if he vetoes the bill they have a large
enough majority to override the veto and pass the bill anyway.
One has to wonder what may be next to come out of New York…
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