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		xboxnolifes 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proposal to Ban Ghost Jobs They wouldn't have to register it with the government, just track it internally in the chance that they get challenged on it so they have receipts. 1) Person believes company is posting fake job listings and notes a few as evidence. 2) Person submits this to some government form similar to an FCC complaint form. 3) Government contacts the company to investigate or whatever.

IshKebab 44 days ago [–]

They would have to register them otherwise they could very easily fake the data afterwards, and you wouldn't be able to fine people advertising jobs without IDs. Nobody would have a record of all the jobs a company had advertised.

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