What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California.
I think this is legal and maybe just not professional or ethical but thought I'd throw the question out anyways. Is it legal for your current employer to call your prospective employer and inquire on your job status?
Without getting into lengthy, boring details my current and future job requires a lengthy background including criminal, financial, personal (talking to friend/neighbors), polygraph, psych, etc. My current employer is laying me off due to a reduction in a different department but that employee used to do my job and has "bumping rights". We're unionized so this is fair. The rules require that if I get laid off they must first terminate any PT employees so this is unfortunately affecting them as well (all 3 of us are gone and they will just add 160 hours of OT to each months schedule).
It's not unusual for backgrounds to take 3 months ... in fact at my current and former employer it took over 6 months from time of oral board to start date. I am lucky that my new employer rushed through a background in 6 weeks. My current "boss" called my new employer to inquire on my status in background and if they were going to give me a conditional job offer and they did this with one of the PT employees in the room with them? Obviously they would like for me to give notice so they can hold onto the 2 PT positions.
I know I can't think of anything illegal but figured people here might know better. Thanks in advance for any input.
I think this is legal and maybe just not professional or ethical but thought I'd throw the question out anyways. Is it legal for your current employer to call your prospective employer and inquire on your job status?
Without getting into lengthy, boring details my current and future job requires a lengthy background including criminal, financial, personal (talking to friend/neighbors), polygraph, psych, etc. My current employer is laying me off due to a reduction in a different department but that employee used to do my job and has "bumping rights". We're unionized so this is fair. The rules require that if I get laid off they must first terminate any PT employees so this is unfortunately affecting them as well (all 3 of us are gone and they will just add 160 hours of OT to each months schedule).
It's not unusual for backgrounds to take 3 months ... in fact at my current and former employer it took over 6 months from time of oral board to start date. I am lucky that my new employer rushed through a background in 6 weeks. My current "boss" called my new employer to inquire on my status in background and if they were going to give me a conditional job offer and they did this with one of the PT employees in the room with them? Obviously they would like for me to give notice so they can hold onto the 2 PT positions.
I know I can't think of anything illegal but figured people here might know better. Thanks in advance for any input.
