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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by pc86 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:23AM (#12217165)
> Verifying employment is one thing (I guess...)

Why are you reluctant about a company being able to verify that you worked where and when you said you did?

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by x0x0 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @02:05PM (#12220083)
1 - if I can pass the interview having lied about where I worked, why did I have to do the interview? It just seems silly.

2 - they all insist on contacting the current employer, which I refuse to allow until I have a non-contingent job offer in hand from the new place. If X can't make me a firm offer, I'm not allowing X to contact (ie notify) the company currently paying me.

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