What is the name of your state? FL
Kirsty, this isn't "permanent" employment nor are you a "permanent" employee - unless you're being provided with a bonafide employment contract guaranteeing you lifetime employment which I doubt. What I expect the employer is offering you is a regular full-time position of indefinite length, which makes you an "at will" employee as are the vast majority of us.
Yes, it's perfectly legal for an employer to offer you a job if you are presently authorized to work in the U.S. However they HAVE to make continuing employment conditional upon your obtaining the necessary work permit from the INS/DOL by the time your current authorization expires - whether that's a H1B visa, an O visa, permanent residents status or whatever. It is illegal for an employer to employ someone who does not have authorization to work in this country.
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Thanks for your prompt reply. I see this is another example of lay and technical terms having different meanings. My employers' explanation for my current exemption from paid leave and other benefits, although I work 40 hours a week, is that I am a temporary, not a 'permanent' employee. I realize that 'permenant' doesn't mean employment for life, but there does seem to be a different benefits status associated with the term. The discrepancy is not explained by hourly versus monthly waged status as, at the same place of work, there are people employed for 20hrs a week on an hourly pay arrangement, who do have paid leave benefits because they are 'permanent' employees.
So my question is, given that the proposed contract of employment stands only on the condition that I maintain legal authorization to work in this country, can my employers offer me a job that fits the lay description of 'permanent', and thus award me the benefits I speak of?
Have I explained my question better this time?
Kirsty
Kirsty, this isn't "permanent" employment nor are you a "permanent" employee - unless you're being provided with a bonafide employment contract guaranteeing you lifetime employment which I doubt. What I expect the employer is offering you is a regular full-time position of indefinite length, which makes you an "at will" employee as are the vast majority of us.
Yes, it's perfectly legal for an employer to offer you a job if you are presently authorized to work in the U.S. However they HAVE to make continuing employment conditional upon your obtaining the necessary work permit from the INS/DOL by the time your current authorization expires - whether that's a H1B visa, an O visa, permanent residents status or whatever. It is illegal for an employer to employ someone who does not have authorization to work in this country.
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Thanks for your prompt reply. I see this is another example of lay and technical terms having different meanings. My employers' explanation for my current exemption from paid leave and other benefits, although I work 40 hours a week, is that I am a temporary, not a 'permanent' employee. I realize that 'permenant' doesn't mean employment for life, but there does seem to be a different benefits status associated with the term. The discrepancy is not explained by hourly versus monthly waged status as, at the same place of work, there are people employed for 20hrs a week on an hourly pay arrangement, who do have paid leave benefits because they are 'permanent' employees.
So my question is, given that the proposed contract of employment stands only on the condition that I maintain legal authorization to work in this country, can my employers offer me a job that fits the lay description of 'permanent', and thus award me the benefits I speak of?
Have I explained my question better this time?
Kirsty