Recently, I interviewed for a hospital job that I had been striving to get for years. The interview went great and I was offered a position within a week pending a background check. Well, fast forward to the end of month (I got the offer at the beginning of the month), I've completed all my pre-employment paperwork, physicals, and purchased uniforms and supplies for the job. The weekend before I was to start orientation, they rescinded the offer because of a misunderstanding on my part regarding separation with my previous employer.
I was working at a correctional facility until the end of last year because I lost my security clearance due to getting arrested. At the time I spoke with management, they did not say I was terminated but just unable to work until I resolved this legal matter and got my security clearance back. So, therefore I considered myself to still be employed by them and thus put it on the application. Apparently, I was terminated. I did not know this because I never received any documentation stating so. I found this out because of the background check with this employer. I then emailed management at my old job and they confirmed that I was terminated about a week after being charged. Also, the pending charges came up as well and I explained that to her as well (in the end, the criminal charge were dropped).
I'm considering contacting an employment attorney on the basis that despite being truthful (to my knowledge at the time) on all aspects of the application, the job was unfairly taken from me. I also feel that at the time, the pending charge against me was used negatively. There was no criminal conviction so the arrest should not be used against me.
