'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York

> or they might be legally obligated to post a job publicly, even if they’ve already identified the person they want to hire

Famous/obvious bug in the H1B process, but not sure how this legislation would address it. If they're legally obligated to post the role, won't they just say "we'll fill this job <whenever the H1B process says we can take this down>"?

great news if this moves forward. while we at it lets ban ghosting applicants and make companies give a direct rejection email with a reason, it can be as simple as "not qualified" or "we found a better candidate, try again next time". waiting for answers that never come is always the worst part.

NY State Senate Bill S8877: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8877

Related:

https://www.hrdive.com/news/new-york-passed-bill-aimed-at-ha...

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12977