{
  "id": 3322047,
  "title": "The End of ‘Ghost Jobs’: Why Companies Could Soon Face Huge Fines for Fake Listings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-end-of-ghost-jobs-why-companies-could-soon-face-huge-fines-for",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-25T17:49:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/chloe-rosenberg/can-state-lawmakers-exorcise-the-hiring-market-of-ghost-jobs/91395784"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Frustrated applicants are wasting time on fake listings. Now, state lawmakers and regulators are stepping in to penalize employers who post positions they have no intention of filling.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}