New Ohio bill would create registry of applicants who skip job interviews (link below)

https://www.wosu.org/2025-08-13/bill-would-require-ohios-jobs-agency-keep-track-of-applicants-who-skip-interviews

So I’m all for slashing entitlement fraud but this seems like the most inefficient & unreliable way to go about it..

If someone cant even bother showing up to their interviews which they themselves scheduled, they have no business collecting unemployment.

That being said…

There’s no way a program like this will save more money than it costs to operate. And, I don’t know a ton about how they plan on operating it, but apparently they don’t either.

“The bill’s sponsors said it would protect employers and state unemployment services“
And that it would “reward” those who act professionally… 😂👌

I guess my big questions would be:

• will the reporting be optional or required? Requiring it would be a huge overreach but leaving it optional wouldn’t yield any results.

• are they just reporting it based on the contact information from the application, and can any business file?

thoughts