Does a email count as getting something in writing
Not really sure why i labeled this pre hire wasn't thinking...
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Nowadays - Email communication is considered to be as valid as US Mail or Fax (from a legal standpoint).
I've seen a number of cases - where emails have been used as evidence, and were "discoverable" in the course of a lawsuit (I'm still doing IT for attorneys offices). I've done "forensic dumps" of Cell Phone Text Messages, that were also produced as evidence in CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS. Pretty much ALL COURTS around the country, have gotten away from court filings done "on paper", and everything is filed electronically (with an Email from the court filing system, serving as notice to opposing parties/counsel).
So, generally - a communication via Email is as good as in writing.
Rick
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Does a email count as getting something in writing