What can I do if I was offered a job but the offer was rescinded based on my background check that showed something that I disclosed to them in my interview?
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What can I do if I was offered a job but the offer was rescinded based on my background check that showed something that I disclosed to them in my interview?
When I went in to ask why, I was told that something came back on my background check. They asked about convictions in the last 7 years in which I answered yes to a 3rd degree attempting to flee or elude. I was still offered the position. I asked what came back and what do they not except and my response was I don’t know and that I should receive a letter telling me the information. The is a major corporation.
Asked on January 9, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
You can't do anything, unfortunately. Unless you had a signed written employment contract, all employment is "employment at will." That means, among other things, that an employer can terminate employment--or decide not to hire someone--at any time, for any reason whatsoever, even shortly after having made a job offer.
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