I have a tricky job-application scenario: basically, I can do all the requirements that were
advertised, but I have excellent reason to believe they expect the person in the position to semi-regularly do something my health prevents me from doing at all. How do I handle this in the application/resume process?
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posted by Fee Phi Faux Phumb I Smell t'Socks o' a Puppetman!
on Apr 23, 2013 -
10 answers
How do I figure out the details on a tricky health insurance situation so I am not doing anything shady, but also don't accidentally end up many thousand of dollars in debt?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 5, 2013 -
10 answers
Should I sent a potential employer and updated version of my cv, when the difference concerns the past?
In the version they have, I didn't include one project I was working on, but I would include it now.
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posted by Triton
on Feb 18, 2013 -
5 answers
Is there a legal principal here, and if so, what is it called? YANML. Question about paying for a service that is impossible to benefit from. Explanation and example inside….
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posted by otto42
on Feb 8, 2013 -
23 answers
I just started a new job as a researcher. They hired a few people around the same time as me and we all have start dates around now-ish. I've been there a week. There is a new guy starting in my department in a more senior position than me, but not supervising me, on Monday. I just got his name today and looked him up, and... there are some things about him that a little bit of digging uncovered that are sketchy. (It's definitely him, please give me the benefit of the doubt here.) His job is not likely to be impacted by these revelations about his recent past, but if it were to get out that his history includes these things, it could endanger my company's reputation if a competitor or journalist found out. Nothing he did is illegal.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 1, 2013 -
18 answers
Do I have any recourse against my employer, who misled me about the terms of my hire, and can you recommend some resources to
quickly find work and make him my ex-employer?
I'm in Ontario, I am already a recipient of assistance (because I) do not get enough work to be eligible for unemployment.
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posted by windykites
on Jan 17, 2013 -
11 answers
How do I talk about being fired in future job interviews? Advice and encouragement needed.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 7, 2013 -
16 answers
[YANML] Are private sector managers in British Columbia restricted in what they can discuss amongst themselves with regards to employee's conduct or disciplinary actions taken as a result?
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posted by pahalial
on Nov 16, 2012 -
1 answer
As a supervisor, what can I do to help my assistant feel more needed or is it a lost cause? Lots of snowflakiness inside.
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posted by singinginmychains
on Oct 24, 2012 -
27 answers
I have a job that I like (or at least I like sometimes) with a boss who alternately micromanages and is totally hands-off. Morale at the store is really low, particularly lately, as we've had several big tasks to juggle. I need advice on how to deal with it. Snowflake details inside.
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posted by Harry Potter and the Puppet of Sock
on Aug 18, 2012 -
8 answers
...they couldn't if they tried?
Do employers read text messages on employer paid cell phones?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 25, 2012 -
13 answers
Is it legal for an employer to force employees to pay for a training course? My wife works in a fairly high-end hair salon and the owners organize a yearly training day. Attendance is mandatory and each employee must pay $700 to attend.
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posted by robotnixon
on May 2, 2012 -
21 answers
I've recently found out via public notice that the company I work for is closing, but I don't know when. The boss hasn't said anything to my colleagues or me. How do I approach him?
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posted by wigsnatcher
on Apr 19, 2012 -
18 answers
How do I keep my somewhat petty, probably vindictive boss from taking credit for writing all of the online content that I write for the company website?
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posted by KoiPond
on Feb 21, 2012 -
7 answers
An employer decides to update their employee database and distributes a form with the usual name, address, emergency contact stuff on it. There is also a line for "Any medications you are currently taking."
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 16, 2012 -
13 answers
Business practicality filter: As a freelance designer, one man shop, what would I have to consider regarding taking on an assistant? Help my underdeveloped left brain...
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posted by ecorrocio
on Feb 16, 2012 -
1 answer
I went to a counseling session at the employee assistance program at the midwestern U.S. state college that I work at, and the handout that I received is religious. I'm not, and it made me uncomfortable. How do I approach this?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 17, 2012 -
33 answers
How common (or uncommon) is it for an employer to ask for employees to work extra, uncompensated time?
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posted by garlic
on Jan 5, 2012 -
19 answers
I have questions about the amount of training a professional should get, and how the training and the time spent on training is compensated.
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posted by garlic
on Nov 7, 2011 -
10 answers
Is it discriminatory for an employer to vary HSA contributions based on an employee's health?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 25, 2011 -
13 answers
I recently saw an obituary for a previous employer's father. Is it inappropriate to use this situation to re-establish contact?
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posted by humboldt32
on Jul 21, 2011 -
10 answers
We've received a wage-garnishment order from the State of California for my child's caregiver for an unpaid tax debt. What, if anything, can we do to help her?
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posted by dolface
on Jun 5, 2011 -
12 answers
Health insurance filter: Is this really an employer group plan or something else? Should we be leery?
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posted by ninjakins
on Mar 17, 2011 -
11 answers
Interned with publication. Didn't follow through after internship ended. How do I mend this possibly fractured relationship with my former employer?
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posted by gypsyhymns
on Mar 10, 2011 -
4 answers
I'm strapped for cash, and am saving up money to move to a cheaper place in a few months. My boss has offered to personally loan me money to help me move. Should I take him up on his offer?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 9, 2011 -
19 answers
Can I sue my former employer for leaking my social security number, email address and physical address?
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posted by UMDirector
on Feb 19, 2011 -
15 answers
Should I provide a W-2 to a potential new employer?
A job offer was made to me pending a background check. The background check is delayed because my current employer has not replied to the new employer(I do not know why). I was given the option to verify employment using a W-2 form.
Do I want to give all of this information to the new employer? I didn't lie about salary but never gave a direct amount. The new job is a 15% increase and I feel like I should not make that obvious to the new employer. If I never stated or lied about a my current salary am I worried about this for no reason? Is 15% going to be perfectly acceptable to them if I am the right candidate?
posted by anonymous
on Feb 15, 2011 -
14 answers
EmployerFilter. My soon-to-be wife is around four months pregnant. Our due date is the first week of July, which at that time will be employed with her current employer for eleven months time. She currently is covered under their group insurance.
Today they informed her that they will give her seven (unpaid) days of maternity leave. They informed her they will be terminating her if she takes anything longer off. To me this sounds rotten, possibly illegal.
We are the state of Florida, USA. Can they really fire her for taking more than a week of maternity leave?
posted by AdamOddo
on Feb 7, 2011 -
27 answers
My employer filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy with little warning. What can I and my fellow employees (both currently employed and those recently laid off) do to protect ourselves?
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posted by aristan
on Jan 16, 2011 -
9 answers
I was erroneously overpaid by a previous employer and now they want their money back, do I have any recourse?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 13, 2011 -
33 answers
My employer's website is
horrible. I've often thought of trying to make it better (even my minimal skills would be better than it is now). What's the best way to go about this, and what are the odds my company would give me a bonus/payment for doing this?
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posted by two lights above the sea
on Nov 16, 2010 -
19 answers
Can an employer fire you, or threaten to fire you or any other employee, for accessing the Wikileaks site from a personal (non-employer) computer? You are not directly employed by the government or a member of the military, but your employer does contract you and other employees with security clearances to the government.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 13, 2010 -
17 answers
Employer uses email to distribute work schedules, all memos and notices. Most staff, me included, do not have company email accounts and take time to read and print emails at home off the clock. Supervisor emails a lot, sometimes 10-15 emails at a time, often several days a week. The work schedules come color coded, for her convenience, not mine and to print properly I need to buy color ink which otherwise I do not want or need.
Question: is it proper for employer to require employees to use unpaid time to read, and have to pay out of pocket to maintain internet service, printer and paper and ink to receive the schedule, memos and administration information? If not, what can should one do about it?
posted by NorthCoastCafe
on May 4, 2010 -
35 answers
My dept is becoming part of the National Division (home office in Georgia) rather than the Regional Division (where I now work at Regional Division Home Office in PA). I am not physically moving anywhere. My employer is now National Div, even though it is just the parent/umbrella of Regional Div. My insurance carrier will now be BCBS of GA instead of Highmark BS of PA. ADHD is covered by Highmark. It is not by BCBS of GA. I will end up paying about $4000 in out of pocket expenses due to this. Is this legal? What are my options? Supplemental insurance for MH does not exist. I make too much for any state aid and am ineligible for other state MH programs. (there is a TL;DR summary marked as such at the bottom)
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posted by sio42
on Apr 3, 2010 -
16 answers
Does your employer and/or plan administrator have any obligation to notify you of the option to elect COBRA insurance coverage when you quit a job where you were receiving health insurance?
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posted by doomtop
on Feb 5, 2010 -
16 answers
How to deal with a boss who might have Asperger's? I'm the new nanny for a 4-year-old child on the Autism spectrum.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 24, 2009 -
29 answers
