Comments on: 7 Tips to Avoiding Legal Pitfalls In Hiring http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan Hefferlin http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-4531 Jonathan Hefferlin Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/#comment-4531 A Sr. Recruiter here mentioned that some 25 years ago, a candidate signed an agreement (signing an offer letter constitutes an agreement) that mentioned annual salary, & a court held that he deserved a year's notice or a year's severance when he was laid off. From then on, he wrote his offers mentioning only a bi-weekly wage, for the engineering candidates he hired. Now I am curious about the current law or precedent on severance, if any. Jon A Sr. Recruiter here mentioned that some 25 years ago, a candidate signed an agreement (signing an offer letter constitutes an agreement) that mentioned annual salary, & a court held that he deserved a year’s notice or a year’s severance when he was laid off. From then on, he wrote his offers mentioning only a bi-weekly wage, for the engineering candidates he hired.

Now I am curious about the current law or precedent on severance, if any.
Jon

]]> By: Leslie Morgan http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-4530 Leslie Morgan Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/#comment-4530 'she had a hard time conceiving that a Vietnamese-American family would want to settle in a conservative state like Texas' This just goes to show that bigotry comes in all forms. Whether anti-conservative, anti-Texan or just plain stuck on stupid, this is an utterly myopic view. ‘she had a hard time conceiving that a Vietnamese-American family would want to settle in a conservative state like Texas’

This just goes to show that bigotry comes in all forms. Whether anti-conservative, anti-Texan or just plain stuck on stupid, this is an utterly myopic view.

]]> By: Cancel Cancel http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-4529 Cancel Cancel Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:10:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/08/01/7-tips-to-avoiding-legal-pitfalls-in-hiring/#comment-4529 Outstanding article and recommendations, Claudia. Thank you for taking the time to provide this education. As a TPR, I was initially told that laws and 'appropriateness' didn't apply to us. However, I have lately become more aware that these things do matter, and they are, in fact, important. I see the next wave of training in our industry likely to be along the lines of Risk Management. Outstanding article and recommendations, Claudia. Thank you for taking the time to provide this education.

As a TPR, I was initially told that laws and ‘appropriateness’ didn’t apply to us. However, I have lately become more aware that these things do matter, and they are, in fact, important.

I see the next wave of training in our industry likely to be along the lines of Risk Management.

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