I’m in California, in a mortgage company. Can I require employees to pay to use Funding Suite, a tool to run credit for clients? They are abusing the right. The bill is way out of hand. What can I legally do. Legally, I have no idea. I am
Bootstrapper just put together a list of the top 100 articles every HR person should read. I haven’t had enough time to read many of them yet, but there seems to be a lot of good info out there. Go check it out!
I need to know where I stand with this issue. I was offered a job with a company, they sent me an offer letter, I accepted. I passed the tox screen test and the background check. I was to start on Monday 1/28/08. They called me yesterday, the
Firstly, thanks for proving that HR people are not truly evil – but are maligned, perhaps somewhat like dentists. Thanks for your blog, it’s very interesting, and truly different. Secondly, an interesting question for you: If you met a random Joe Blow on the street, What 5-6 questions
I am a manager of a very small, service oriented company(20 employees). I was promoted 3 years ago to my current position from the bookkeeper’s position. I came with no previous HR experience, training or college degree. I have learned what I do know, right or wrong, by
I was dismissed from a job. I’ve been applying to other businesses and just found out that when someone calls this company to verify employment, etc., they say that I was dismissed. Why does that seem wrong/unfair? Or am I being a baby about this? There are two
The next time your management complains that your management training budget is too high, perhaps you can show them this New York Times article: The Lockheed Martin Corporation, the military contractor, has agreed to pay a former employee $2.5 million, more than any person has received in the
I was recently terminated from an employer because they had claimed that I had provided false and inaccurate information on my employment application which I dispute. In particular, there was a question asking if “I had ever been convicted for a crime in which a pardon has not
This is regarding my first job out of college (one of the top 10 engineering programs in the country) with a large automotive manufacturing company. I have had 15 months of internships (one 3 month term and one 12 month term) with the company and they have offered
Hi Evil HR Lady, In May I graduated college and found a full time job with a large firm in town. One month into the job, I came down with mono and an infected liver. On doctor’s orders I was out of work for five weeks and my