Commissioners at an EEOC hearing last week said they are investigating whether excluding the unemployed [from consideration for vacant positions] may have a greater effect on blacks, Latinos and other ethnic minorities that tend to have higher jobless rates…Spriggs [from the Labor Department] said the chances of an employer considering an ethnic minority are decreased by one-third if jobless applicants are excluded. The pool of disabled applicants would be reduced by nearly 50 percent…[I]t would be difficult for the government to measure the problem because most job openings are not posted publicly…[There are] reports that some recent company advertisements have discouraged the unemployed from applying. [refers to Sony Ericsson (joint venture Sony & Ericsson)]