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Total questions: 6114

What questions does your previous employer have to answer?
Popularity: 323

Can an employer refuse to hire you if you have been arrested?
Popularity: 237

Can an employer find out if you have been fired for theft?
Popularity: 237

When someone signs a release to allow a potential employer to access their credit report can the authorized person also check the applicant's criminal record?
Popularity: 174

Can a former employer inform a prospective employer the reasons for an employee being fired?
Popularity: 168

What might happen to a police officer who has just developed epilepsy?
Popularity: 137

If an employer suspends an employee 'pending investigation' what information does he have to give the employee?
Popularity: 132

Is it legal for your employer to force you to stay later than your schedule says?
Popularity: 123

Can you be turned down for a job for having a misdemeanor?
Popularity: 122

Can an employer ask an employee's debt collector to stop calling?
Popularity: 121

What is the difference between an employee and a sub-contractor?
Popularity: 120

Can you collect New York state unemployment benefits if you have a New York state pension?
Popularity: 116

If your fiance is transferred out of state can you get unemployment if you quit to move there too?
Popularity: 114

If a person was fired for a positive drug test can that employer disclose to potential employers what drug they tested positive for?
Popularity: 113

If you are relocating to Florida can you collect unemployment?
Popularity: 111

Can an employer ask a perspective employee about their illegal use of drugs?
Popularity: 111

Can you be an employee of a country club and also be employed as a sub-contractor by a member of the country club in Georgia?
Popularity: 111

If you work for the Alamo School District can you be fired if you are convicted of a crime?
Popularity: 109

If a potential employer asks if you have committed any crime are you obligated to say yes if a certain amount of time has passed since the conviction?
Popularity: 109

Is a previous employer allowed to tell a prospective employer why an employee was fired in California?
Popularity: 109

What is the definition of equal employment opportunity?
Popularity: 108

How long do you keep employment records?
Popularity: 108

Can a company decide not to a hire a person because he has a pending criminal case even though the job application did not ask about pending cases?
Popularity: 108

Do all jobs have to offer disability for pregnancies?
Popularity: 107

If you were awarded judgment and penalties against your employer but he refuses to pay how do you collect what is owed to you?
Popularity: 106

If a supervisor hits someone what are his or her rights?
Popularity: 105

Can a company require an employee to arbitrate employment claims post-hire?
Popularity: 105

Can you collect interest on money owed to you by an employer for work that you have done for him after a year's time?
Popularity: 103

What are your rights if you were laid off and after 3 weeks you moved and quit a job to take this job?
Popularity: 102

Can an employer tell the unemployment office why you were fired if you were fired for a code of conduct violation and can the employer give them details of the offense in the state of California?
Popularity: 101

What type of job can a person with a felony get in New York?
Popularity: 101

Can an employer charge a fee to administer garnished wages?
Popularity: 101

What is employee recourse if his employer fails to pay him when compensation is due?
Popularity: 100

Why do people refuse to hire you when you have bad credit and isn't this discrimination?
Popularity: 99

When an employer forces a full time employee to become a subcontractor would that be the same as being fired?
Popularity: 99

In California can you be fired for having your wages garnished?
Popularity: 98

Can companies find out about a criminal record through the SIN?
Popularity: 97

What part of FICA does the employer pay?
Popularity: 97

How long do you have to be employed at a job in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits in California?
Popularity: 96

Could you be fired if you failed to mention a previous employer on your application and it has been 4 years?
Popularity: 95

If you were injured on the job can you be fired for no longer being able to perform your duties due to that injury?
Popularity: 95

What can you do if you invent a revolutionary machine and your employer terminates you without reason because of the machine's capability of mass production?
Popularity: 94

Can your employer fire you if they are also your creditors?
Popularity: 94

How long does your employer have to hold your job for you when you are out sick?
Popularity: 94

What is the current situation in Australia with regards to employers hiring HIV and AIDS positive people?
Popularity: 94

Can an employer ask how you would get to your job?
Popularity: 92

Can you collect unemployment if your company is closing and you are pregnant?
Popularity: 92

If a company states that you are guilty of cheating what proof do they have to show?
Popularity: 92

If someone was fired from a retail store and then applied to the same store at a different location will the employer find out?
Popularity: 90

What is the difference in sex discrimination and harrassment in a federal workplace versus a civilivan workplace?
Popularity: 90

What steps do you take after hiring someone if you entered their information into your accounting software Quick Books and do you need to do anything else?
Popularity: 90

Can a previous employer reveal that you were terminated from them in Phoenix Arizona?
Popularity: 88

When terminated can they withhold your final check?
Popularity: 88

Do you have any recourse if you were terminated because your dad had cancer and you had to take care of him two days a week?
Popularity: 87

Can you receive extra money if you work 40 hours but have a 50 permanent injury for life and cannot get a 2nd job because of the injury to make more income?
Popularity: 85

How have workplace safety regulations changed since World War 2?
Popularity: 85

Does the employer have to give you thirty days to clean up after a dirty urine test or hair test?
Popularity: 85

What questions are a prospective employer allowed to ask a previous employer?
Popularity: 84

Can you be arrested after being fired by a company for theft?
Popularity: 83

What do you do if you were fired due to and on-the-job injury?
Popularity: 82

Can an employer legally record phone conversations?
Popularity: 82

If you have an injury that was caused by a repetitive motion from your job but you don't have medical insurance can you have the medical bills paid through workmans compensation if you live in NJ?
Popularity: 82

What are the laws in New Zealand that are designed to protect the rights of a worker?
Popularity: 81

Must a security officer who has just had his jaw replaced find another line of work?
Popularity: 80

Can you get welfare if you already have a baby and you can't hold on to a job because you have a medical condition that prevents you from holding a job?
Popularity: 80

Are employers responsible for fixing your car if it is involved in an accident while traveling to conduct company business on company time and they require you to use your own vehicle?
Popularity: 80

What are previous employers allowed to say to other employers inquiring about you and can they reveal that you've been fired if you live in Phoenix Arizona?
Popularity: 77

What are the privacy laws for employment verification?
Popularity: 77

Can an employer's restaurant make you pay back money that you lost during your shift if they require you to carry cash upwards of 1000 while on your shift?
Popularity: 76

Can your previous employer tell an employer that you were terminated?
Popularity: 76



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