Good lord what happened with the $12K claim?
I had one employee who started and of course I did not ask and she did not tell me that she was pregnant - she told me she was going to come back after the baby. She held her baby shower here. She came to get a check the day after she gave birth. Confirmed she was coming back. Called her 3 weeks, then 5 weeks after the birth - she confirmed she was coming back. Next thing I get a letter she was claiming unemployment. I jumped on that form so quick I burnt a hole in it - they denied her claim and told her that although having a child is a good reason not to work, she could not claim unemployment.
Then I get a call for a reference .....
By the way for those of you that have ever had to deal with reference requests, legally the only things you can say are employment dates and whether they are eligible for rehire. Period. Forewarned is forearmed..