r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Adept-Plantain-6767 • 1h ago

go to your room Are you serious?

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How is this fair ? Bay area.

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u/missybeputtinitdown 1h ago

How would they know if you don’t self report?

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u/dtoddh 1h ago

Landlord will confirm your employment.

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u/Okayest_By_Far 1h ago

Your employer will confirm that you work there, but are they required to divulge additional details of your employment? If your landlord can ask whether or not you work from home, can they also ask what your hours are? What days you’ve requested off? How many sick days you’ve taken?

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u/scooooooooooot2 1h ago

Don’t know if it’s the same but when we get work history checks wed only provide start/end date and that’s it. There’s probably no requirement on the employer to provide information for something like this, and providing information the prevents someone from getting a job, apartment, etc. could get you sued. Easier to just not provide anything outside of the bare min.

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u/Unfair-Arachnid-1794 1h ago

Employment yes, but not all job titles list "REMOTE WORKER" in them. And I don't know that someone can ask for specifics from your employer about your work schedule or location? Maybe they can but that seems...weird.

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u/canofpotatoes 1h ago

I just bought a house and the underwriter needed a written letter that I worked from home. Not sure why but I’m not that worried about it. Although I will probably ask since the mortgage broker is a friend of ours.

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u/Hookedongutes 1h ago

Jokes on them. Im hybrid. Now what!

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 1h ago

>And I don't know that someone can ask for specifics from your employer about your work schedule or location?

Anyone can ask your employer anything, and it's up to your employer how/if they want to respond.

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 1h ago

All a landlord is entitled to know is "employed = yes".

Not where, what or who you work for, nor any other conditions that are between employee/employer.

Charging more for WFH is discriminatory and illegal.

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u/Less_Prior_6871 1h ago

Unless you are specifically work from home because of a disability where the ADA would get invovled, then its not illegal

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 1h ago edited 1h ago

100% illegal to charge more based on WFH.

Are you going to charge more if someone cooks with the stove vs. gets takeout too?

What about someone who uses a hair dryer, and someone who doesn't. If I don't use a hairdryer do I get a discount?

What if I only work from home 2-3 days a week?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 1h ago

Not all discrimination is illegal. WFH status isn't a protected class, as far as I know. Unless you have a better source for that?

>What about someone who uses a hair dryer,

If both parties agree to this term in a contract, then yes, it may also be legal.

Edit: Senate Bill No. 611 in California may cover this for California residents.

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 1h ago

So what if your work conditions change- you are let go and spend your time at home using electricity to look for jobs and pee - do you now have to pay more?

What if you switch employers where they were in-office and now WFH- do you pay more then?

This is a super shitty landlord.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 1h ago

I agree it's shitty. There's no good reason to do this - it's just raising the rent without needing to disclose it in the headline of the ad. Basically false advertising. Why not just charge $4/month rent, and a $2996/month "breathing on the premises" fee. It's stupid.