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Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “After a job interview, I was asked to come back for a test. The interviewer did not say what the test would be. It turned out to be a battery of psychological tests and what I believe was an IQ test. “I was never offered a job, and…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “If a vendor or collection agency contacts a company searching for an employee who no longer works at the company, can the personnel department release the last known address of the employee or does that violate some privacy law?” A: “Certain employee documents such as medical records are…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “I have been employed by a large corporation for seven years. Recently, while having an annual physical, I was browsing through my medical records. I noticed that there were HIV test results from the date of hire. The report says the results were positive, but no one has…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: “As an hourly employee, does my employer have exclusive right to my services? I am told that I cannot work for another company, but I am having financial difficulty and need to work a part-time job.” A: “What you do on your own time should not be the…

Employee Rights Attorney Orange County, California I’ve heard it many times before: “You’re salaried”; “you supervise others”; “you’ve been working overtime for too long”; or scores of other reasons-so you don’t qualify for overtime pay. Wrong!…Maybe. You might be sitting on a goldmine, but will need to know how to find it. Good Reasons for…

Turn job loss defeat into victory! As an employee rights attorney, I have counseled thousands of people who have lost their jobs. Their true experiences, slightly altered to protect confidentiality, provide valuable lessons. Consider the common example of Jim, a 20?year aerospace engineer who suddenly received a pink slip because of a reduction in force….