You know things have tipped too heavily in favor of management over labor when lawmakers in Ohio want to create a public shame list for unemployed people who miss job interviews.

A new bill, H.B. 395, sponsored by Republican state representatives, aims to create a public registry of individuals who fail to appear for job interviews. It’s intended to shame and discredit recipients of unemployment benefits publicly. How nice.

Here’s how it works: If you’re on unemployment and don’t show up for an interview, employers can tattle to the state, and you might lose your benefits. What’s more, the information could be shared with other employers, creating a bureaucratic blacklist of people who dared to be late, sick, or not suited to a job selling printers at 9 AM on a Monday.

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