Category: Privacy

Concerned about challenging Orange County employment interview questions? You need to know about illegal questions of age and education. It’s well‑known that discrimination in the workplace is against the law, but discriminatory practices are also prohibited in the hiring process.  Many questions simply can’t be asked. Although an employer can make employment subject to verification…

Tape recording a conversation can make the difference in proving a workplace allegation or case.  With it, your word is more believable than another’s. But too many employees incorrectly assume the ends of proof justify the means of tape recording.  It may even be criminally wrong. A felony and a civil wrong may be committed…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “I am employed as a service technician at a large apartment house project. “After a tenant reported something missing, my employer insisted that I have my fingerprints taken. “Can my employer legally require me to give up my ‘prints’ under these circumstances?” A: “An employer can require a…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Faster, it seems, than a high-speed modem, the Internet and features such as electronic mail (“e-mail”) have become fixtures in millions of American homes and in many businesses. These innovations offer myriad benefits to business and workers, especially the increased efficiency in communications that is revolutionizing the way we…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “A friend of mine was recently hired by a company that is not based in the United States. One of the items on the employment agreement says that while employed by the company, you will not, except with the written consent of the company, devote any of your…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “On an application for a local teaching position, the back page included an unlined box instructing applicants to “state your educational philosophy in your own handwriting.” “I suspect the employer is using graphology as a screening tool. “Is this legal? I hate to think an otherwise excellent application…