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There was a gas station on the corner where I grew up. I remember a gas war in the 50s when the price dropped from $0.25/gal to $0.19 for a week and everyone was filling up their cars, outboard motors and such. I also recall later when prices began to climb, an uncle swearing that gas...

OP: Most employers will have an attendance policy in their handbook that will state that abenteeism may be cause for dismissal. If your issues do not qualify for FMLA, then you might indeed be terminated for a policy violation or Employee-At-Will. The qualification for FMLA often hinges...

I recently received a Notice of Charge from the EEOC, the complaint had been filed in Aug. of last year. The Notice said I would receive a Formal Charge within 60 days. The last page in the stack of papework was a Notice of Dismissal generated the same day as the Notice of Charge. It took...

Last year I was contacted by a former employer on an EEO case in CA that was filed in 2007. The wheels of justice turn slowly...except when they don't turn at all.

Ya'll bring in plent of groceries & firewood, batten down the hatches and start a big pot of cocoa. We got the St. Bernards ready to go if needed.

As Betty aluded to, states (and some counties) vary widely as to what they report on background checks. At any rate most employers will only consider convictions, not arrests as a deal breaker. if you're still concerned run a background check on yourself after 6 months and see what's there.

If it helps any, not many employers will consider a 15 year old violation to be relevant. However, I suspect you may have been disqualified for failing to disclose the violation rather than the offense itself. Most applications have a clause specifying honesty and full disclosure. In the...

Oops!, I was looking for a post to respond to to check out my new avatar. Didn't notice the date. THX for the pardon htis time. Re:my moniker- back in the 90s many of us simply used the first part of our regular "off-board" EM address for a moniker on the SHRM board. Mine was (and still...

Many THX glad to see some familiar monikers

Welcome to the world of retail. Although some large chains do have dedicated crew to do resets, many do not. The chain I used to work for had very limited staffing in each store and they performed all functions from unloading trucks to running register and sweeping floors. Not everyones "cup...

Have been off th board for a week or so to to being out of town for a funeral. I see some talk of my being banned on the 2nd page. Think this was a case of mistaken identity, on page 1 iahr mentions showing as banned. lda "the unbanned"

THX for coming to the rescue CBG!