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skippyspk t1_j419o4c wrote

A lawyer would have to give a definitive answer.

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orm518 t1_j430kgm wrote

Us lawyers specialize in indefinite answers. Lots of facts unknown here. My non-lawyer hat says this employer is being a jerk.

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Rogue-Island-Pirate t1_j41a1uo wrote

I would recommend crossposting this to r/LegalAdvice.

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Dangerous_Public_164 t1_j421n0c wrote

as a lawyer allow me to assure you, that is the last thing OP should do. there are many resources for this sort of question and a poster already pointed OP in a good direction. there are only a very, very small handful of decent posters on r/legaladvice and a lot of misleading advice is voted to the top. you would literally be better off asking on quora, that's how bad that subreddit is.

I mean here's a great example--I'm an attorney with no experience in this area and I wouldn't attempt to tackle the question other than by referring OP to appropriate resources. An r/legaladvice thread might have hundreds or thousands of confident replies but none of them will be from attorneys with direct experience, and all of them will be from people who should know that they don't know enough about the subject matter to answer the question adequately.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j42rr8x wrote

I've never really looked there myself but it always made me laugh when I saw the suggestion cause I just assume it's like what you just described.

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