Walk It Through: The Job Offer
No criminal record question before the interview, a noncompete that is void, and a Minnesota claim kept in Minnesota.
An online application for a warehouse job asks whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One applicant and one offer letter. Federal background check rules, trade secret law, nonsolicitation agreements in detail, and the sale of a business are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Covenant not to competeAn agreement restricting where a worker may work after leaving, which in a contract or agreement is void and unenforceable, except in the sale or dissolution of a business. Employees include independent contractors for this purpose.
- Irretrievably brokenThe finding for a dissolution. If one spouse denies it under oath, the finding needs evidence of living apart for at least 180 days, or serious marital discord.
- Criminal record inquiryA question about an applicant's criminal record, which a public or private employer may not ask, consider or require until the applicant has been selected for an interview or, with no interview, until a conditional offer of employment is made.