21.   Numerous other Bay Area major employers hire developmentally disabled workers, including Home Depot and Longs Drug Stores.

22.   One debate focused on whether to allow foreign employers to hire their workers directly rather than through government agencies, which was ultimately rejected.

23.   Other employers are also hiring massage therapists to give rubdowns to employees.

24.   Other employers may hire the outplacement service, but will not pay, said Citron, noting that she now tries to get the money in advance.

25.   Other employers unknowingly hire children because the youths have counterfeit immigration documents and it is difficult to tell how old they are.

26.   One proponent of the hike disputed the contention that employers will hire more skilled workers at minimum wage as the mandated rate increases.

27.   People often are misled about this, she adds, because employers might hire them based on technical skills.

28.   Reacting to complaints from high-tech companies of a worker shortage, a Senate committee Thursday voted to allow employers to hire more foreign workers for US jobs.

29.   Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., said a higher minimum wage would cause many employers to hire fewer unskilled workers once they became more expensive to employ.

30.   Since World War II, federal law has required that employers hire back anyone in the Guard or Reserves called to active duty.