Is it illegal for an employer to ask your date of birth on an online job application as a required field.?
I realize that for some positions they require you to be 18 or 21, however that question can be asked simply by stating the question "are you 18 or over" which many site do without pinpointing your exact age. I have read the training manual for NAPS which states that the question cannot be asked due to age discrimination and our policy in recruiting at my company was never to ask that question for the same reason. I am over 40 which puts me in the category for age discrination. You may be able to get a basic idea of a persons age in an interview, however at least you got the interview to discuss your skills and sell yourself. By asking the question online you can immediately disqualify them by age. If this is not an illegal practice, then it should be!
Is it Legal for my Employer to ask for proof of pregnancy?
ok My wife is pregnant and she has never asked for anything no position change or leave but she does have a tough job with lots of lifting.@ officemax she puts everything you see opn the shelf. We just wanted to make sure they have the right to ask and if there was anything we should be worried about
Is it legal for my employer to ask for my school schedule?
Is it legal for my employer to ask for my school schedule in order to know my available hours? Does she need proof of available hours or can my statement of available hours suffice? Thanks :)
What should I say if a prospective employer asks for proof of competing offers?
Surprised I haven't seen a recruiter chime in. Qualifications - Recruited for many of the biggest software companies. Most of my candidates have more than two offers. I will admit that I rarely ask for proof of the offer because I don't have the courage to ask. This tactic is widely encouraged throughout recruiting. The reasoning is that we often have candidates who are smart enough to lie about other offers to negotiate for a higher offer. The candidate will intentionally start a bidding war. Most recruiters will offer one number and increase once. After that, most recruiters will walk away from the offer. Not all...There are many signs that a candidate is lying about other offers. Not revealing those secrets. But the only way we can call your bluff is to see the proof. Most companies can make a starting offer without the competitors numbers (but we don't want to) but no company should ever increase their offer without knowing the competitors details. Conversation I have had in the past: "what are your current offers?" "I don't feel comfortable sharing." "...um okay [objection handling] Here are the details for my offer..." Candidate indicates it is not good enough. "Please give me information to know how much" "I don't feel comfortable giving that information." "Then we are at a stalemate until you do give me more information because I will not blindly increase my offer."Hopefully everyone on this thread understands why the recruiter needs this information. Also hopefully everyone understands the chances that some people lie during the negotiation process.
Can an employer ask you for proof of death to take bereavement pay? My mother-in-law just passed. Is this something I can take to Human Resources to resolve? They are not doing a memorial. It was her wish. I refuse to get her death certificate.
A request for an employee to provide a death certificate to support ber. leave is extremely unusual in my experience, but is a condition a private employer can legally impose.I suspect they are doing this because of prior fraudulent ber. leaves and they are simply applying this new prevention rule equally across the company.Or possibly, your excused absenteeism rate is outside the norm (often any more than 10 days is a yellow flag). If that is the case with you, you now may know the reason for the request, but the action needed on your part is not changed.You can ask HR if they will accept alternate (easier to obtain) proof such as a published obituary that links you to the deceased. If the death certificate is the only acceptable proof, ask if they will accept a photocopy, which would likely be less burdensome than a notarized copy.I’m on a limb here, but if excess absenteeism IS in play and some of that is potentially fraudulent (eg sick time when you were not sick), I recommend you skip the ber. time off and focus on improved attendance. If the yellow flag becomes a red flag, you may find yourself a target of an investigation with private detectives, videos, and the whole nine yards, as well as risk of loosing your job and criminal prosecution. Could completely ruin your life. If this is not the case, then my apologies for even considering it.
India, is it legal for a prospective employer to ask for my salary history, especially for salary slips and promotion letters of my previous employer?
You should not ask salary and age from an individual, its unethical but this unethical practice is used in private companies ethically in the name of company policies.Asking an applicant “What’s your current salary?” has been part and parcel of the hiring process for as long as employers have been hiring employees. This potentially illegal hiring question as it leads to widen the pay gap and in some cases against the act Equal Remuneration Act, 1976Today, however, asking job applicants for their salary histories is illegal in a growing number of states and even cities in other developed countries. As part of a larger effort to reduce the "pay gap,” it is used as a tool to exploit/ assess candidate even before they are interviewed in India in the name of company policy.The rationale is that pay discrimination can follow employees from job to job throughout their careers, resulting in a systemic reduction in their earning power. If an employee experiences pay inequality in a prior job, disclosing their past salary when applying for a new job has the potential to perpetuate the effect of the past discrimination.When a candidate deny sharing the salary slips or appraisal letters to the prospective employer, employers refuse to process the LOI/ CV without these documents is also violation of Right to Privacy.In Many case where candidates have denied giving current salary they gets a reply as its the company has it’s own internal policy and budget allocated for hiring and HR has to work in the given budget. So in the case asking for expected ctc should be more than enough, as asking applicants for their salary expectations is still permissible in all jurisdictions.If company whats to know about whether the employee was really employed where he/ she is referring to they are free to do background check .So basically asking current CTC is against Right To Privacy and Equal Remuneration Act, 1976. If you also feel so Upvote Sign the Petition and share with others
Is it legal for an employer to ask to see an employee's tax return?
Perhaps surprisingly it is legal for an employer to ask to see an employee's tax return. That doesn't mean it is a good idea, however, as there is information in the tax return that the employer can't use for decision making purposes.SFGate had a good article on just this subject last year: Employers asking job seekers for W-2 or tax return
Is it illegal to not give employees hours?
Get a different job. OR be a better worker when you are there so they will give you hours.
Do I really need to give my Employer an Emergency Room Note?
If you are in the US, then what you are battling with the Dr. is HIPAA regulations. HIPAA basically makes personal medical information available only to those individuals who must have it. It protects patient privacy. So the Dr. can't do anything to help you. However, at some point during this event, there is paperwork that doesn't' have medical information on it that would verify admission and treatment. You need to educate your employer that because of HIPAA laws, you are not able to provide them with what they are looking for as the patient records are protected, and because you were not the patient - you can't release them to the company. That would be a violation of HIPAA. What you might be able to do is to make a copy of discharge papers but black out all of the medical information. That might be acceptable depending on what specifically they are looking for.