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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 519692" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>There are TONS of things they ask that are illegal. Did you know that if they contact a former employer and the former employer says ANYTHING other than yes, you worked there from date A to date B, you can sue the former employer for releasing your work records? Those are confidential and an employer CANNOT tell anyone about them. Even saying you were a good worker is a violation of federal law and you CAN sue and win. Esp in OH you can sue and win - most litigious state I know of. I was a manager and we got a lot of calls about former employees (waitresses and such change jobs a lot) and we could say NOTHING, not even that we would hire them back if they asked. I was often shocked by what other mgrs told me when I called to check references and employment history.</p><p></p><p>I won't even give the right zipcode when asked by a retailer. I have been known to tell people that federal law states that the social security number can be used for NOTHING other than social security purposes and it is ILLEGAL for ANYONE to ask for it for ANY other purpose. The driver's license bureau had a COW and a half when I told htem this. Esp wehn I pulled out a copy of the law and refused to let them have it and made them give me an actual number that was NOT that one for my license (about 20 yrs ago when they wanted to use your ssn as your license number.) I get really steamed about it now because the state of OH gave a man in Columbus MY ssn and he used it for years. We moved to OH and I could not get a driver's license even with notarized letters from the social security office that it was MY number and they had to get it back from the man and clear the records and they could NOT make me pay his unpaid fines. It was crazy but it was also what they did. I spent several thousand $$$ clearing that up and I still have panic attacks when I have to go to the tag agency because at one point they had me ARRESTED for trying to pass a false social security card!!! It was the original that my mother got when I was born!!!! I got that dismissed but had to go to court through a special program to get my license records cleared up and the judge actually had to have a cop give me a ticket to get me into the program or I would not have been able to get any license or even a state ID. I also had to do a bunch of stuff with the social security dept because the man was using my number and trying to claim MY work records and payments to soc security as his own to get disability and retirement. He actually called and cussed me out and tried to sue me for using HIS number when they could PROVE that it was NOT his. That suit went away quickly as the soc security office was really angry over all of this and they threatened to give me ALL of his records and credits and he 20 yrs in one career before he ever got my number. They were going to give me credit for ALL of that if he didn't pay all the legal fees nvolved including my atty and theirs, not just his own atty. It was a MESS.</p><p></p><p>I don't really put anythng on FB. I can't figure out who would care if I liked this or that. I have a bunch of family that keeps wnating me to do things nad friend them, but thank you, no. Not one can keep their mouths shut and I got tired of the judgement and criticism years ago. they can't bother to speak to me even if we bump into each other wehn I lived near them, except if my parents were with me, so I have NO use for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 519692, member: 1233"] There are TONS of things they ask that are illegal. Did you know that if they contact a former employer and the former employer says ANYTHING other than yes, you worked there from date A to date B, you can sue the former employer for releasing your work records? Those are confidential and an employer CANNOT tell anyone about them. Even saying you were a good worker is a violation of federal law and you CAN sue and win. Esp in OH you can sue and win - most litigious state I know of. I was a manager and we got a lot of calls about former employees (waitresses and such change jobs a lot) and we could say NOTHING, not even that we would hire them back if they asked. I was often shocked by what other mgrs told me when I called to check references and employment history. I won't even give the right zipcode when asked by a retailer. I have been known to tell people that federal law states that the social security number can be used for NOTHING other than social security purposes and it is ILLEGAL for ANYONE to ask for it for ANY other purpose. The driver's license bureau had a COW and a half when I told htem this. Esp wehn I pulled out a copy of the law and refused to let them have it and made them give me an actual number that was NOT that one for my license (about 20 yrs ago when they wanted to use your ssn as your license number.) I get really steamed about it now because the state of OH gave a man in Columbus MY ssn and he used it for years. We moved to OH and I could not get a driver's license even with notarized letters from the social security office that it was MY number and they had to get it back from the man and clear the records and they could NOT make me pay his unpaid fines. It was crazy but it was also what they did. I spent several thousand $$$ clearing that up and I still have panic attacks when I have to go to the tag agency because at one point they had me ARRESTED for trying to pass a false social security card!!! It was the original that my mother got when I was born!!!! I got that dismissed but had to go to court through a special program to get my license records cleared up and the judge actually had to have a cop give me a ticket to get me into the program or I would not have been able to get any license or even a state ID. I also had to do a bunch of stuff with the social security dept because the man was using my number and trying to claim MY work records and payments to soc security as his own to get disability and retirement. He actually called and cussed me out and tried to sue me for using HIS number when they could PROVE that it was NOT his. That suit went away quickly as the soc security office was really angry over all of this and they threatened to give me ALL of his records and credits and he 20 yrs in one career before he ever got my number. They were going to give me credit for ALL of that if he didn't pay all the legal fees nvolved including my atty and theirs, not just his own atty. It was a MESS. I don't really put anythng on FB. I can't figure out who would care if I liked this or that. I have a bunch of family that keeps wnating me to do things nad friend them, but thank you, no. Not one can keep their mouths shut and I got tired of the judgement and criticism years ago. they can't bother to speak to me even if we bump into each other wehn I lived near them, except if my parents were with me, so I have NO use for them. [/QUOTE]
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