Q: I need to know what to do when the company I worked for looses my hire papers that have a copy ofmy SS card in it.
I sent a new hire packet to the address that was given to me from Merchandising Solutions Group, this packet has a copy of my SS card and all of my personal information to take my identity. 2 weeks after I had sent this NHP they send me an email giving me a new address and telling me I sent the NHP to the wrong place and started blaming me for their mess up and have reduced my pay rate from $14/hr down to $12/hr. What can I do legally to get my information protected and to get my proper pay back from MSG?
A:
Monitor your credit closely and/or hire a company to do it for you.
If you used USPS did you mail it certified with return receipt? Use e-mail next time. Few tech savvy ones use USPS or faxes any more.
If you have no written agreement that you and employer signed start looking for another job.
If you quit the DOL might find you did not have good cause to quit and you might not get unemployment.
Pay an employment lawyer to speak with you for a few hours to review anything related to the above to see whether you have some cause of action which I don't see, other than as noted, given the facts you stated. Employment discrimination cases are tough even for the best of us who take them. Not like personal injury which are often a lot easier to prove.
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