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After the jump, more proof that both entry-level employees and C-Suite executives can do dumb stuff and receive the Vince McMahon treatment…
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Read this before you revoke a job offer in Pennsylvania based on criminal history
Across the country, many states and localities have enacted ban-the-box legislation. In a nutshell, ban the box means that employers cannot inquire about an applicant’s criminal history until after the first job interview.
For example, Philadelphia has ban the box. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not.
Still, Pennsylvania does have the Criminal History Record Information Act. But, indeed, a Pennsylvania federal court ruled on Wednesday that the Act and ban the box are two separate things:
NJ Gov. Christie vetoes bill to protect unemployed job hunters
A bill that would have made it illegal for New Jersey companies to refuse to hire a job candidate because of his/her employment status is dead for now. Find out why after the jump…
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This may be the worst lie ever told on a resumé. Like ever.
I was reading this recent CareerBuilder survey, which reports that 58% of employers have caught a lie on a resumé. (Most popular lie: skills embellishment).
As, CareerBuilder is apt to do, the survey contained a section of some of the most outlandish lies ever caught on a resumé.
Some that made that list include: Applicant included job experience that was actually his father’s. Meh.
NJ Gov. Christie signs ban-the-box legislation
Come January 1, most NJ employers will no longer be able to ask about an applicant’s criminal record during the initial employment application process.
That’s right.
Ban the box will be b-b-b-b-banned in the Garden State!
More on the new law after the jump…
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Can a NJ company legally shorten the statute of limitations on employment claims?
Let’s assume that you operate a business in New Jersey. And you get to thinking:
“What if we put a provision in our employment application, by which a job applicant waives the two-year statute of limitations applicable to most workplace claims and shortens the period for such claims to six months?”
Would that be enforceable?
Ban the box is one step closer to becoming law throughout New Jersey
Many cities in the Mid-Atlantic region (Philadelphia, Newark) have passed legislation that makes it illegal for employers to inquire about criminal history early on in the job application / interview process. The State of Delaware too has passed this so-called “ban the box” rule.
Last week, a New Jersey Senate Committee recommended passage of ban-the-box legislation in the Garden State.
Under the proposed NJ law, an employer may not inquire (orally or in writing) regarding an applicant’s criminal record during the initial employment application process. Although after the initial application process has concluded, then this information would be fair game.
Employment at-will trumps the 2nd Amendment (Yes, you can fire the employee who shoots a gun at work)
In every one of the United States, except Montana, employment is at-will. This means that, absent a contract of employment for a specific period of time, you may fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all.
(Not to be confused with “right to work” — more on that here)
Well, I suppose that there are some exceptions. Like, you can’t discriminate. And many laws make it illegal to retaliate as well.
Dust off that resume when your students really “like” that Facebook post of your face on a beer label
Why, just last week, I was saying that the Facebook stupidity scale had shifted away from teachers in favor of bar/tavern staff.
For future reference, you can never go wrong with Vining the one-year-old slugger.
For the love of God, bar owners! Train your employees not to liken beer to domestic violence.
I used to say that teachers were the most irresponsible Facebook user group. Now, I’m leaning towards the bar and nightclub industry.
Last month, a worker at a downtown Philadelphia bar displayed a Heineken chalkboard with the message “I like my beer like I like my violence… domestic.” to attract customers.
But, instead of achieving its desired effect, a passerby tweeted the photo to a local news station and a major cluster of a poopstorm ensued, which culminated in the worker losing his job.