An iOS app launched earlier this year in the UK aims to be the Tinder of legal hiring, and it has been quickly building momentum, with more than 4,000 job - seeking lawyers and 100
legal employers signed up including a number of leading UK and international law firms.
Not exact matches
Some of the more paranoid or lawsuit - fearing companies in the U.S. require office couples to
sign a wavier or «love contract,» vowing that their relationship is consensual and neither will take
legal action against their
employer (or each other) should the love prove less than eternal.
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigation was prompted by a young reporter who lost the job she had left Law360 for after the
legal newswire informed her new
employer that she had
signed a non-compete agreement, which stated that she would not work at any competitor for a year.
You can refuse to
sign the agreement; however, the
employer has the
legal right to decline to hire you on that basis.
If you have questions or concerns about your
legal rights in the event of an offshore accident, it is imperative that you speak with our knowledgeable maritime accident attorneys before
signing any documents from your
employer.
If your
employer has requested that you
sign a Severance Agreement or Release of Claim as part of a severance proposal, our attorneys can help you interpret
legal jargon, negotiate reasonable terms, and decide if the severance agreement is appropriate for your situation.
As a matter of contractual law, the
employer can give you a
signing deadline, but it is not a
legal limitation.
If the employee
signs the Employee Testing Consent Form he or she also authorizes the testing of the samples by a laboratory, agrees to disclose any relevant information to any government entity involved in
legal proceedings related to the test, and consents not to sue the
employer (even if the
employer or laboratory representative makes an error in the process of administering, or analyzing, the test or its results).
Although resumes aren't officially
signed,
legal documents like applications are,
employers are expecting you to provide a thorough, honest work history.
You'll need to set up an account with the provider and
sign agreements required of both the provider and for the
legal purposes of establishing yourself as a qualified
employer.
So, an employee working in New Jersey, who believes she is due (a) payment for accrued but unused vacation, and (b) was also denied the
legal minimum hourly wage, can file a
legal claim using New Jersey law against an
employer headquartered in Massachusetts, even if she
signed an agreement that said, in effect, «I promise to use only Massachusetts law to resolve any and all disputes.».
And any
employer who would let you
sign such an agreement is foolish, since it wouldn't have any
legal weight.