Sign Form for HR Later

A copy of any job application form(s) filled-out and signed by the new employee should be included in the hiring package. An application should at least include contact information (i.e., address, phone number), date of birth, and an emergency contact person for the new employee. 3. Tax and Government Forms.

Your employer is obligated to have you sign the federal government's Employment Eligibility Verification form. Also known as the I-9 Form, it proves you're eligible to work in the U.S. You'll complete the first of three pages of I-9 documents by filling in personal information, such as your citizenship status.

An I-9 is another government form that must be completed by new employees. It verifies the employee's legal ability to work in the United States. ... Employees must submit basic information including name, Social Security number and citizenship status.

A W-4 is a common form that you're asked to fill out when you start a new job. It tells your employers how much they need to deduct out of your pay for federal income tax, determined by the number of withholding allowances you claim.

A copy of any job application form(s) filled-out and signed by the new employee should be included in the hiring package. An application should at least include contact information (i.e., address, phone number), date of birth, and an emergency contact person for the new employee. 3. Tax and Government Forms.

Your employer is obligated to have you sign the federal government's Employment Eligibility Verification form. Also known as the I-9 Form, it proves you're eligible to work in the U.S. You'll complete the first of three pages of I-9 documents by filling in personal information, such as your citizenship status.

An I-9 is another government form that must be completed by new employees. It verifies the employee's legal ability to work in the United States. ... Employees must submit basic information including name, Social Security number and citizenship status.

A W-4 is a common form that you're asked to fill out when you start a new job. It tells your employers how much they need to deduct out of your pay for federal income tax, determined by the number of withholding allowances you claim.

They used false “help wanted” ads to fire their own employees that were looking for a new job.I worked for a lead generation service which sold qualified lists of homeowners (and their telephone numbers) to financial advisers. Then, they sold those same financial advisers a telemarketing service that would call those homeowners and arrange appointments with them. There is so much that is “shady” about this company that it is impossible to bring up one questionable act without first explaining several previous questionable or downright illegal acts. (UPDATE: if you want more details about how bad it was to work for this place, check out John Hursey's answer to What is the most ridiculous reason for which you have been fired?)After a particularly horrifying series of events right around the holiday season, I decided to begin looking for a new job. I got on craigslist, and I found several positions in customer service and data entry that were available right in my city. I sent them a quick email with my resume attached, and waited for a response.The next day I was called into the President’s office. He invited me to sit down. His mother (the vice president of the company) was standing behind him. He asked me if I was happy working for him.Luckily for me, I knew this was a trap of some kind and answered honestly. I told him that I was interested in having more free time with a more flexible schedule and that it would be impossible to do so with my current job, so I was in the process of looking for something else. I also told him that I had informed my direct supervisor of my intentions last week, and that I would give the company adequate warning—at least two weeks notice—before I quit.He and his mother looked at each other. Well, he said, it turns out that one of the companies I had applied to was the very same company I worked for now. I thought that was odd, because I don’t have any intellectual disabilities or mental impairments that would indicate I would apply to the same company that I currently worked for. Nevertheless, I told him that I suppose this was good news, since perhaps I could simply transfer to whatever this open position was and still maintain my employment with his company while working the schedule that was most convenient for myself.Not so fast. It turned out there wasn’t any positions available in those departments. Their strategy was to entice applicants with positions in data entry and customer service and then during the interview inform them that those positions had been filled; those applicants were then offered much less pay and schedule flexibility as a salesman. In addition, current employees that applied for these jobs were summarily fired for being “disloyal.”A month later I was terminated, for reasons I still do not fully understand. I applied for unemployment, and when I explained the series of events leading to my termination the lady at the unemployment office literally scoffed at me and told me that my story was unbelievable. She even called me personally at home to tell me that the company was contesting my unemployment filing and that she expected me to lose the arbitration process.The day of the hearing I got a phone call from the same lady, in tears. She apologized profusely for how she had treated me. She had just completed a five-minute interaction with the president and his mother, confirming not only my story but also her worst fears about humanity in general.

I was Shaken. Felt VOIDAnswer is going to be very long - I have not expressed my feeling to anyone after that day so here is lengthy answer (yeah - another Introvert !). This happened in PUNE.It was a good day with blue cloudless sky and warming temperature, I woke up early since I was in first shift so started earlier to office.signNowed office, had some work that I owned and went with colleagues for breakfast, when came back noticed HR and manger were discussing something in meeting room, I continued my work, until interrupted by manger to come along with him, so I did.In Meeting RoomM: How are you Mr. XXX?me: I am well and good , feeling quite good today.M: hmm, so Mr. XXX, how many years you have been working for XYZ and how was your experience so far ?me : (what the hell he is asking me this, wondering why he is asking this question to me) completed 2.5 years so far (I joined as fresher there ) and told regular rotten things like feels good , good work culture,bla bla bla.M: okay, let me come to the point - there is feedback for you from team mates that you are not doing well and keeps sleeping at nights when you are in night shift , your attitude towards work is not good. Is that true ?me : (I was shocked for few mins and I took me while to get out of it )I am sure there must be some misunderstanding, this is not true (In my mind, I smelled something fishy )M: Well, Mr. XXX, I have feedback in written for you and that must be true and I don’t think it might be some misunderstanding. Let me call HR to join here ( I came to know this later that this was pre-planned and both HR and manger were already hand in hand)While waiting for HRme : (sweated, my throat went dry ) -felt anxious, my heart was beating fastlyM: waited calmly with mild smile on his faceHR joins meetingHR: how are you Mr. XXX,M: hmm, he is quite frightenedHR: hey XXX, relax, do you want to drink some water ? (while opening a bottle )me: did not utter a single word (I was sweating )HR : Forcefully handed over water bottleme: did drink some waterHR : I have a news for you, we here are XYZ no longer require your services and you are relieved from today and you may leave after this meeting.me : what ? what ? (heartbeat on high, could not believe on my ears )HR: Relax, calm down, you will get your 2 months salary and relieving letter along with form 16 and pay slips, you may leave nowme : Almost broke into tears literally, my eyes were RED.HR and M : they were just watching me what I am going through.me: Sir, Madam, there is some misunderstanding here, I kept telling this is not true in different ways.HR & M : both silent - no words spoken.me : again - I kept telling and trying to explain.HR : Please leave your id at me and get your stuff and leave - otherwise I have to call securityme : (coming out of shock , I was explaining like a beggar to someone rich )I am from lower middle classed family, my father is retired from school as clerk and mother is housewife , I have responsibility of younger brother for his education and I have to support my family. (M was very well aware about my background )HR : (in somewhat harsher and loud voice) : Please get out.me : I literally grabbed HR and manager feet to show me some mercyHR : XXX, please leave ASAP.meanwhile, M calls security to escort me to the gate , few mins passed, a security personnel comes in and requests me to come along with him.me : while standing and giving merciful look to both - still hoping they will revert their decision and came out of meeting room and headed towards washroomI asked security personnel to wait outside washroom and let me wash me eyes that were much REDDER and shred me tears.I came out of washroom and asked security personnel to wait at main door and requested not to come by desk very politely, he agreed, went to my cubicle , did not show any sign for what happened, took my stuff as if I am searching for something from my drawer ,just so as not to take doubt among team mates , took my stuff and gave a smile back to team mates who were not having any idea that I am leaving PERMANENTLYI walked very SLOWLY with security guy and came out of building.signNowed room (there was no one at room- room mate was at job, we were just two guys )- I CRIED AND CRIED AND CRIED FOR HOURS - and for the first time in life I experienced GREAT VOIDI was constantly thinking of my family (I was unmarried then ) and their dreams, their hopes - all gone just like that !!(I always used to send 90% my salary to home for support and brother’s education so I was not having any big bucks in banks )On the same day - I got some many calls from my colleagues - news was spread finally , did not answered single one.They all came to meet me and I told what M told me about them and they said no one has given any feedback.I did not broke news to my home - I broke it when I went to home after 1.5 months.I broke it to my room mate after 2 days.Meanwhile - I decided to change my spends towards my lifestyle since I was only having 3k in my salary account and I have to live with that for at least 2.5 months since I could not ask for money at home.I used to eat just a SINGLE WADA PAO for a day and cup of tea - you heard it - just a single wada pao for a day and a cup of tea and I have to prepare for interviews as well with this empty stomach -Whenever I got interview call - I spent money for transport and skipped eating Wada Pao and shamelessly used to ask at interview locations if they are proving free meals for candidatesI lost almost 15–20 kgs in 1.5 monthsThis continued for 8 months and finally I got a decent job !!(I faced so many cross questions like why did you leave your job in middle while holding no offer - since it was mentioned by HR on releasing certificate that I am, XXX, wants to move on )P.S.Later I come to know that HR had hired someone from college pass out from M referral who was relative of M.There were no issues among team mates - my team was really decent team - just t0 be clear.My Room mate helped me a LOT during this periodForgive my poor English and grammatical errorsI moved on and LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME A GOOD LESSON THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.

“If you cross out something on a “you will comply to these rules” part of an employment form can the employer make a case against you for not complying?”First, check Harold Fethe’s answer—he’s correct that most employment is “at will” and therefore the form you mean is not actually a contract.Second, I’m going to be ignoring “wrongful termination” law—that is, I’m not going to get into how non-contractual employee handbook rules can be used to justify a contested firing of a “protected” employee, because it’s complicated. Short answer: no, crossing something out wouldn’t affect that case in any way whatsoever.Third, I’m analyzing this purely from a classical contract law perspective, not taking into account any State or federal statutes that may affect the outcome.So, let’s assume it’s an actual employment contract.So, you’re given the contract to sign. Let’s just say, for the sake of example, that the relevant agent of the company (CEO, HR manager, whoever) has already signed.You read it over, you cross out one rule you don’t like, and you sign.Later, you break that one rule, and the employer tries to fire you for it (or otherwise discipline you as provided for by the contract).You’re either a bit screwed, or a lot screwed.In order for a “markup” of a contract to have any binding effect, it must be agreed to by both parties—usually indicated by initialing next to the mark.So, here are your options:The court would rule that your cross-out had no effect at all and you had agreed to be bound by the entire contract, including the disputed rule—the employer is allowed to enforce the rule against you.The court would rule that your cross-out was evidence that there never was a “meeting of the minds”—i.e., that you and your employer never actually agreed to the same thing at the same time, and therefore there was no contract. In that case, you’re out of a job and might have to pay back any bonuses, wage/salary advances, and other gratuitous benefits—you’d probably be allowed to keep your actual weekly paychecks, as just compensation for work actually performed, but even that could be in dispute as to the amount actually earned.Moral of the story?Don’t try to get cute with contracts—you’re never as clever as you think you are.

Company name : “Z” cements.Interview no : 3Still the memory is fresh.Was dressed in formals.Had some beard.Nervous but little confident.Suddenly a person walks in : Candidates will now write a written test followed by HR interview.Wrote the test with full confidence.All the questions were somewhat familiar to me.Done.Finished the test.Selected candidates list was announced.Luckily I made it there.A girl came :Navin you can go and meet the HR.I entered the room thinking how the HR is gonna speak to me.Me : Excuse me.That voice : Yes,Navin you can come in.*The sweetest voice I have ever heard*Looked up.Dead. The second I saw her. I am dead.I thought HR in top companies would be like hindi movie villians.To my shock , She looked like the girl in Angel Priya DPs.*Hands trembling*She : Hello NavinMe : Yes mamShe : Can I have your resume please?Me : Sure mamShe looked at me in the eyes.Dead literallyShe found that out.Navin, Why are you trembling. I won’t hit you so chill.So she asked me a lot of questions.What is cement?What is the ratio?Say few words about M SandWhy is hollow blocks used?Why are we using prestressed structures?What is the ratio of M30?Explain about silosWhat do you think will be the alternative for cement?I answered each and every question.She : Okay Navin, since we have come to the end of the interview lets speak of something else.I started to give the confused lookShe : Chill. What do you think of the current government?Me : I like Narendra Modi and his policies and blah blah blah.She ; What do you think of congress?Me : They looted in the name of developments and blah blah blah..Finally the question :She : What do you think of this interview? Say the truth. We are friends here say now.Me : When I first entered I thought it will be very hard to clear and the HR will screw me. But when I saw you everything about this interview changed. I got confidence and did well. Thanks mam.That’s all Navin. Thanks for the day.We will get back to you soon.Interview result : Rejected.I got angry. I pinged her via linkedin.Me : Why did you reject me mam?She : You’re a flirt & a Bhakth.Me : But you said speak your heart out and tell the truth.She : That was a question I used to test you since you have answered all the questions I wanted to ask something. You think HR is your friend ?Me : Sorry mam.When I signNowed out to my friend who worked there, he said “Dude the interview was a eyewash”Never speak about politicsNever comment about the HR even when she asks.Lessons learnt.Thanks for reading.Keep smiling.

Disclaimer :A lot of you may or may not know about which incident i am talking about , but it contains some really creepy stuff . Read at your own risk .Let’s StartOne of the most brutal murders I have come across in the news would be “THE ISIL BEHEADINGS”Although the news channels do not show the full footage of the beheading of people , you can predict the whole incident with a petty glimpse .The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant became the feared focus of the world in 2014 as they rose to power in the Middle East. It’s no coincidence that their rise to power has been paved by blood and the bodies of the countless people they’ve tortured and killed. That’s how a group founded on the principles of terrorism operates.It’s unknown exactly how many Syrians have been beheaded by the group, but there have been many. They’re also guilty of killing several Lebanese soldiers, ten Kurds, two American journalists, and three aid workers – two British and one American. The videos of some of the beheadings, including those of kidnapped journalists like James Foley, have been posted to social media. These horrific videos are doing exactly what they’re supposed to do – inciting fear and anger in hearts the world over.There are some gruesome images and videos online which you can browse for at your own riskSource : The News Channels and The Internet

Yes, sadly, and to this day, this is one of my least favorite memories.I worked at a day program for adults with disabilities. My shift partner in our facility was a bit flighty to say the least. Let’s call her Gloria.There were a few ethical concerns I had in regards to Gloria. For one thing, she was rather careless with our clients’ money, and would pull it out long before it was needed, leaving it to sit out in the open where it could easily get lost or stolen, just so she could beat me to the task. But what really concerned me was when she gave one of our clients a bag of Cheetos from her own lunch.I know this doesn’t sound like a big deal, but this was a huge no-no in our line of work. People we cared for often had very strict diets due to serious medical conditions, and their home providers were responsible for keeping track of everything they ate, which meant we weren’t supposed to give them anything while they were at our day program that wasn’t already planned for. The man she gave the Cheetos to actually had type 2 diabetes, so in his case this was particularly concerning. Plus, we had detailed health protocols talking about his dietary restrictions, so there’s no reason why she shouldn’t have know better!There’s also a bunch of other valid reasons why you shouldn’t give people in the program food from your own lunch, such as blurring the boundary lines, etc., but I won’t go into all that.Anyway, I told this woman, who was my senior in age and experience, that she wasn’t supposed to give this man the Cheetos but she simply shrugged and did it anyway.I had no choice. On my lunch break I went over to a different building so I could tell our supervisor what had happened. Our supervisors were of course shocked and concerned about this, and spent the next few hours preparing a write up for Gloria.I sat in guilty anticipation until the day was almost over, wondering what was going to happen. When the time finally came, Gloria was asked to step out of the room for a moment with our supervisor. She left, but stormed back in moments later, yelling at me, and informing me that she had no intention of working with an ungrateful little snitch any longer, and then proceeded to storm into the office where she sent a rage resignation email to the big boss at our agency.I basically cowered, not sure what to do. No sign of our supervisor by the way.A few minutes later, Gloria returned, yelling at our clients that she was sick of them sitting around and watching movies all day, before angrily turning off the show we were watching. (An afternoon movie was a typical part of our daily routine.) Trying to ease the situation the best I could, I quickly proposed an alternative activity and proceeded to get our clients up and ready for an impromptu walk around the property. Gloria accompanied us and fumed the whole time but fortunately didn’t say anything else. I wasn’t someone to stand up for myself at that time, but I was prepared to tell her to back the heck off if she yelled at our clients again.About an hour later another supervisor finally came by and tried to speak to Gloria again. Apparently she had refused to read or sign the write up she had been given, and was now being informed that if she did not sign the write up she would be let go and asked to immediately leave the building.She chose to leave, very loudly. It was seriously one of the most tense moments of my life. I hate confrontation, but truly felt intervening was necessary, as the health and safety of our clients is our primary duty. So I know I did the right thing…But sometimes doing the right thing really sucks.

“Yeah, this little shit needs to stop making us clean up after him…”I was working an awesome job that I really liked. I was a cashier at a local health food grocery store. Since I was vegetarian, I loved chatting with most of the customers who visited; most of them were hippies, health nuts, or they just had a good amount of money and wanted the best food.When I have a job, I’m extremely committed to it. It was more important to me than school, so I told them I would come in on Monday mornings every week during the school year just because that’s when they needed me. I was working there for...

Legal action? I’m not sure I’d go there. From experience, going the legal route for anything is usually more valuable as a “threat” than a viable choice. When you follow through, being “right” is not enough to win a case.Back to your issue, you don’t need an experience letter. If you were employed, there’s proof you were there in your tax and payment history. If you were a paid intern, the same applies. If you were unpaid, then the letter is important, but there could be reasons they don’t want to write the letter.They may have not paid you, and yet were legally required to pay you (for some reason). Your relationship may not have ended appropriately, and therefore they have some liability they are trying to cover. They may not have liked your work, and don’t want you associating yourself with them. Painful, but possible.In short, you have to consider what you’re looking for. Do you want a letter of reference, or proof that you participated in something and gained experience from it? Most future employers are less concerned about “proving” that you sat at a desk in a specific office, but they want to know what impact that position had on you. If I have proof that I worked on project X for company Y, does that mean I’m better or did more than someone else? No…it means I was present…little more.It’s more valuable to have a letter of reference, from individuals that you’ve worked with, that can adequately define your skill level, passion, and ability to learn, to a future employer.If no one is willing to provide you with that, I wouldn’t go after them…I would look at myself and wonder why that is. A letter of recommendation is something most people would be happy to write. If you haven’t made a good impression on your teachers, professors, or previous employers, to the point where they are willing to associate their name with yours, that’s not something that’s going to improve without some change on your part……and it’s definitely not something that will get worked out in court.

I actually had this experience more than twice due to the circumstances of my transition.AOLI initially started my transition at AOL where I was doing tech support and started by talking to the head of HR. He was very supportive and he had several private meetings with me to discuss how we would move forward. This was actually very good. I wanted this to go as smoothly as possible and be the least traumatic of a situation as possible for me and for my co workers.We had set a plan for when and how to tell my direct supervisor and my teammates and HR would make a general statement informing people of non discrimination policies. So far, so good! Better than I expected even.Then tragedy struck.Somehow my direct supervisor found out about my plan to come out without me or HR telling her yet. I had no reason beforehand to believe she was biased against transgender people but boy did she surprise me. My supervisor waited until the head of HR was out of town on a business trip and a temp was covering for him. She knew the head of HR would never sign off on her plan normally.Then she cooked up a phony story about my stats not meeting the metrics and used that as an excuse to fire me. I had never been written up, warned or disciplined for my stats before. The stats in question that she used as the excuse were outside of the guidelines they wanted us to meet, that is true. What she did not mention to the temp was the entire department was not meeting those stats because the expectation was set too high.I actually began to cry. I asked her"Why are you doing this? This isn't right. I can't possibly have the worst stats on our team I have seen the team stats!".Everything I said fell on deaf ears. I asked to speak to HR and she told me the other person in the room was HR. I told her I wanted to speak to the head of HR and it was then she told me he was out of town and this woman I had never seen was from a temp agency while he was gone for business. It was then I realized what she had done. She knew this firing would never have gotten by him. She knew it was outside policy but here she had a temp that would gladly sign off anything she handed her and assume the supervisor was following procedure as long as it at least looked proper.Out of 20 metrics 3 were outside of the ideal and only marginally. Every single team in our project was off on those particular stats. She fired no one else that day even though my stats were not even close to being the worst. In fact some of my stats were the highest in the project. My customer satisfaction rates were consistently in the top 10 the entire time I worked there. I had awards to prove it!The Temporary HR person new almost nothing about the job having only been there for 3 days and rubber stamped the firing. I was sent out into the rain to take a bus home. I distinctly remember staring out into the busy road in the rain and thinking about stepping forward each time a semi truck began to pass me at 40mph in front of the bus stop.WALMARTMy transition had just started, I had begun HRT and laser hair removal but was not confident with my ability to pass as female yet. So when I started to look for work I did such as a guy. I got a job at Walmart when my unemployment ran out and eventually decided to tell them about the transition. Most people were okay with it. The General Manager for the store asked me to sit in on the morning Supervisor meeting to share that I would be transitioning to all of them. One of them did not take it well.My direct supervisor was openly hostile to me. I don’t know if it was due to some kind of internalized homophobia or bias he held but he acted VERY strange. He took me aside during my shift the next day and berated me about me being in the meeting the day before.He told me that…“You don’t talk about something like that!” “You don’t just go and announce something like that!” “Why did you feel the need to go and tell everyone you are transgender?”I tried to explain to him that I informed management that I would be coming to work under my new name and that I would be presenting myself as female. I told him it was the GM’s idea that I talk to the staff meeting. Not mine.He spent the next few weeks finding every excuse he could to chew into me or get me fired. It didn’t work. I was flawless in my job performance. He had no cause. It was during one specific instance where I asked him to clarify some unclear requests he had made that he blew up. He had given me a list of things that needed to be done but some of them contradicted each other and I asked him over to clarify.He went off on me on the front line by the registers and in full view of customers and employees. He said I was “such a baby” and asked me “Why do I need to explain this! You are not a child! Figure it out yourself!” “Why are you bothering me?”He was visibly unhinged. His behavior and his body language left me scared. The next day I reported it to the GM and he pulled the surveillance tapes for that night. The next day he was fired. It was obvious even from a silent tape the way he was gesticulating at me and the way I was cringing back that he was out of line. The other management rode me harder until I quit that job. I got what I hoped would be a better job doing tech support again. Walmart marked my file as “Not Eligible for Rehire” even though I had no disciplinary marks on my file and I gave 2 weeks notice.AFNIMy next job was at AFNI doing customer service and tech support. I applied as a male because again I passed better as male and I did not yet have identification in my female name or gender. I was still on Hormone Replacement Therapy and taking other transition steps but it was not very obvious yet. A double layer of loose shirts and keeping a scruffy beard hid any changes.I worked there for almost 6 months before telling them about my transition. This put me outside of the “New Hire Period” and meant that company policy required more reason to fire me. During the first few months it was policy that you could be fired at any time with or without cause. Technically by AZ state law this was true anyhow but the company required more evidence before firing tenured employees. (In customer service turnover is so high 6 months is tenured.)I was making less than half what I made at AOL and couldn't find a better job. I suspected someone was leaving bad referrals for me at AOL but could never prove it.As I began my transition on the job at this new company things got worse. Once I left for lunch only to find someone had scrawled across my desk in big pink marker..."Sissy faggot bitch"Or something to that effect, time is beginning to erase the memory but it tore me in half at the time. The words stung me like a hot knife. I felt like I was being bullied at school all over again. How could adults act like this? I found one of the supervisors that I knew would be my ally here as I knew he was gay and reported it to him. He was as pissed as me and despite a serious effort to find the culprit somehow no one had seen someone write in 6 inch tall letters this huge graffiti across my desk. Bullshit, someone knew they just didn't care. Jr. High all over again.I tried to continue reporting any further harassment and began to practice voice training so I could sound more feminine on the phone and in life. It turned out I was very good at it. Before long every customer said miss or mam to me and I never got called sir. Passing on the phone was a huge thing for me and I still remember my first Valentines Day at work. Guys get weird but in a cute way on Valentines Day. They suddenly gush out affection for even random women they talk to on the phone. I can only guess it is practice for their girlfriends later. Anyhow that was when I knew I was passing. The warm, happy Valentine’s day comments, the kind words and almost flirty sound to their voices was shocking. I actually prefer women to men but the effect of being fawned on was still not lost on me. It really did feel special.Another example of the harassment I received at work was this... During a monitored call one of the people that assesses our calls gave a horrible review of my call. They particularly gave me the lowest possible score on tone of voice and language used on the call. Everything else was rated at middle of the road or worse. What they didn't know was the client Verizon Wireless randomly monitored that exact same call. Their monitors gave me a perfect score for the exact same call! Same day, same time and same customer telephone number. It was clear that someone was not judging me on my performance but on my transition. The tone of voice being rated at 1 on a scale of 10 was a symbol of their disapproving of what they considered to be a "boy" that sounds so much like a woman. The disparity between the client loving my call and telling my supervisor it was one of the best they had heard and the monitors report made it clear to everyone I was being targeted. Yet no one was fired but now my calls were being reviewed by a new monitor instead.In other instances at that workplace I had my mouse remotely being controlled by one of the reviewers. (They can take over your mouse or keyboard.) They made my mouse go in circles and made it so I could not click on what I needed to in order to do my job. Problems continued.Then one day I was asked to go to HR by a manager I didn’t know. The HR officer had a very small office with two chairs tightly squeezed in there. I was told to sit in the seat furthest from the door and the supervisor sat next to me. Things were so tight that I literally could not get up or leave unless that supervisor (a very big man) got up or I climbed over his lap.The HR rep told me it was time for me to part ways with the company. He put a paper that said “Voluntary Resignation Form” in front of me and said I was not leaving the office until I signed it. I tried to ask why I was being fired he would not discuss it. I asked him why he was forcing me to sign this paper, again he refused to explain. Eventually trapped by two large men I signed the paper but not without fighting back.One of the reasons they tried to get me to sign the paper was made clear later.When I applied for unemployment I was told I was denied because I had quit voluntarily. She said that AFNI had sent the paperwork over proving such. I told her to look over the form very carefully. I told her I was forced into signing it so I made it clear on the form that this was not voluntary.^RecreationThe woman on the phone began to laugh. She said, “That was very clever. I’ve had people claim they were forced into signing these things before but they had no way to prove it. You are the first one I saw that did.”. I got my unemployment but she didn’t pursue the thing any further than that.I could have sued AFNI for what they did. The paper was in my file at unemployment and their actions were undefendable but at the time I was trying not to end up homeless even with the unemployment and I was in the middle of a mental breakdown. Three jobs now I had tried to transition at and at three jobs I was fired. It seemed the whole world was against me. I didn’t have the energy or fortitude to fight that kind of fight. I didn’t even know if a lawyer would take my case. I had tried to fight the AOL firing earlier and had no luck finding a lawyer.See, it still is not illegal, to this day 15 years later, to fire a person for being transgender in AZ and no federal prohibition exists.An employer can literally walk down the aisle of their business asking each employee if they are transgender and then if they say yes, fire them on the spot. Such is completely legal. Even if the employee said no and the employer felt they looked like they might be transgender they can fire them for being suspected of being transgender. Same thing if they refused to answer. In fact it is totally legal to just go down a list of names and write tranny next to some of them and fire them. There just is no law in most states and no federal law.This is why we need the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.This day Nov 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance is often a very sad one for me. I decided this year to spend it by answering questions about Transgender Issues and raising awareness of the issues involved. This Addendum will be at the bottom of all of the answers I write today.