Walk It Through: The Offer With Conditions
A conviction that has to relate to the job, and a clause about working elsewhere that is reasonable or void.
An applicant with an old conviction is told the job offer depends on a background check.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One applicant and one offer letter. Nonsolicitation and confidentiality clauses, trade secrets, federal background check rules and the general ban on record discrimination 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.
- Void and unenforceableWhat a residential rental agreement becomes when it contains a forbidden term, such as eviction other than by the judicial procedure, a waiver of the duty to mitigate, or a waiver of the duty to keep the premises fit.
- Conviction recordOne of the bases on which no employer, labor organization, employment agency, licensing agency or other person may discriminate in employment, listed alongside arrest record.