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Jeff Merkley: “If it was a coherent, single test, it might be an additional tool, making this easier for employers.”

On the recordJune 16, 2010
If it was a coherent, single test, it might be an additional tool, making this easier for employers.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses the confusion caused by differing employment classification tests.

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