Can a SP employer lie during an interview to get you to accept their offer?
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Can a SP employer lie during an interview to get you to accept their offer?
FIS solutions in Saint Pete, both recruiters and hiring managers lied to me about their medical
marijuana policy. I was told they checked with legal, in corporate and if I had that card for
medical marijuana, I would get the job. That was a condition of me accepting the offer and I have a lot of proof. The people in Saint Pete now deny they ever told me people with medical marijuana cards are allowed to pass a urine test. From what I have read, this is fraud. I was denied employement over one thing I was told repeatedly by Saint Pete was not a issue. I would not have accepted that offer had I known the correct policy. The cannabis in my system. Everything was fine. But the one thing, that I had to get confirmation on, repeatedly, was on this issue. The people in Saint Pete lied to me. They never called legal and checked the protocol. Then when asked after my test came back, Saint Pete denied telling me that cannabis card were OK. They told me this a lot 20 times and I have lots of real time texts, time stamped, tatooed. I have a ton of evidence these people in Saint Pete lied to me and it cost me a career path.
Asked on February 19, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
The first problem you have is that employment is "employment at will": you have no right to a job; the employer can terminate you (or refuse to start you or renege on a job offer) at any time, for any reason; the employer can change its policies, including regarding medical marijuana at any time; etc. Unless you had an actual signed and written employment contract for a definite term (e.g. a one-year contract, with a defined start date) which is being violated, you have no recourse: they could refuse to employ you even if they had previously told you that they would.
Your second problem is that even when a state allows medical marijuana, marijuana is still an illegal drug otherwise under state law, and certainly under federal law: therefore, since it is a controlled dangerous substance, employers can bar or ban it at work.
It therefore appears that they could legally refuse to employ you.
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