The Republican Party likes to boast that it is a friend of workers, even though no sane person would believe that based on the party’s history. The latest bill by the GOP in Ohio is another assault on workers in favor employers.
“Some Ohio legislators are trying to make it more difficult to skip scheduled job interviews.
House Bill 395 would create an online registry of applicants who don’t show up to job interviews without notice. The bill tasks the Department of Job and Family Services with making a simple way of reporting applicants who don’t show up. The bill’s sponsors said it would protect employers and state unemployment services, but opponents said the bill could harm job applicants.
According to the Department of Job and Family Services, nearly 50,000 Ohioans filed for unemployment benefits last week alone. The state already prohibits people from receiving unemployment benefits if they are not doing enough to get a new job. This includes skipping interviews or ‘ghosting’ employers.
Despite protections, H.B. 395 co-sponsor Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell) said his constituents are seeing more and more people skip job interviews without notice. In a study by Business Insider, some employers reported as many as 90% of applicants skipping interviews. Lorenz said having an online system for reporting those absences will help keep people accountable.
‘The bill rewards professionalism. If you value employers’ time, this process is going to value you,’ Lorenz said. ‘And it just modernizes the employment process and it holds applicants accountable and it helps employers thrive.'”
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