Employee Separation Notice Form 2005-2023

It's best to ask homeschoolers in your state. Every state has different laws. What works in one may not work in another.This looks like the information you need: Notice of Intent (NOI)

NOOOOOOO. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission.Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.If your boyfriend girlfriend/future husband/wife is asking you to do the following or has exhibited this behavior, it is a most likely a scam:Moves to private messaging site immediately after meeting you on Facebook or SnapChat or Instagram or some dating or social media site. Often times they delete the site you met them on right after they asked you to move to a more private messaging siteProfesses love to you very quickly & seems to quote poems and song lyrics along with using their own sort of broken language, as they profess their love and devotion quickly. They also showed concern for your health and love for your family.Promises marriage as soon as he/she gets to state for leave that they asked you to pay for.They Requests money (wire transfers) and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.The military does prall the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed. I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned.Below is an email response I received after I sent an inquiry to the US government when I discovered I was scammed. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer. And how to learn more about Romance Scams.Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. this doesn't always work and take some digging. if you find the real person you can direct message them and alert them that their image is being used for scamming.Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. please continue reading the government response I received below it's very informative.u00a0u00a0u00a0You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U.S. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Please continue reading for more resources and answers to other frequently asked questions:u00a0u00a0How to report an imposter Facebook profile: Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... u00a0u00a0Answers to frequently asked questions:u00a0u00a0- Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.u00a0u00a0- Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.u00a0u00a0- Soldiers do not need permission to get married.u00a0u00a0- Soldiers emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil Caution-mailto: john.doe.mil@mail.mil anything ending in .us or .com is not an official email account.u00a0u00a0- Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide u2023 family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.u00a0u00a0- Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.u00a0u00a0- Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.u00a0u00a0- Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house themselves or their troops.u00a0u00a0- Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.u00a0u00a0Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.u00a0u00a0We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.u00a0u00a0For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles: u00a0u00a0This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/ Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/ u00a0u00a0CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiersu00a0u00a0Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 u00a0u00a0FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx u00a0u00a0U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130... Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130... u00a0u00a0DOD warns troops, families to be cybercrime smart -Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450... Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450... u00a0u00a0Use caution with social networkingu00a0u00a0Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146... Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146... u00a0u00a0u00a0Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ or visit Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ .u00a0u00a0The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot prthis information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct, (571) 305-4056. u00a0u00a0If you have a social security number, you can find information about Soldiers online at Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... . While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not.u00a0u00a0If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. There is a fee of $3.50 for businesses to use this service. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable. The address is:u00a0u00a0Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC)u00a08899 East 56th Streetu00a0Indianapolis, IN 46249-5301u00a0Phone: 1-866-771-6357u00a0u00a0In addition, it is not possible to remove social networking site profiles without legitimate proof of identity theft or a scam. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately.u00a0u00a0Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www.ic3.gov Caution-http://www.ic3.gov (FBI website, Internet Criminal Complaint Center), immediately stop contact with the scammer (you are potentially providing them more information which can be used to scam you), and learn how to protect yourself against these scams at Caution-http://www.ftc.gov Caution-http://www.ftc.gov (Federal Trade Commission's website)

Iu2019m a professional poker player and won an event once for $286,000. So not an obscene amount of money, but more than your typical customer probably walks in and deposits in cash. Which, btw, if you ever come across a quarter million in cash, Itu2019s probably not the brightest idea to just walk into your local bank branch, unannounced, and start handing them stacks of hundreds wrapped up in $10,000 bundles.This was also directly following the big 3 U.S. poker sites facing indictment and being shut down in the U.S. So claiming online gambling winnings was not a good idea given the climate.I entered the bank and approached an open telleru2019s window, unzipped my Columbia House duffle bagu2014which had been given to me as a free gift for being suckered into joining their movie club almost a decade before. As I started stacking the money I stacked 7 packs of $10,000 and opened one up as they were also denominated in stacks of $1000 and separated in the middle by a $5,000 band. I told the teller that Iu2019d like to wire $75,000 to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino u2014I was headed to Vegas that weekend to play in some high stakes games which were runningu2014and proceeded to pull out the necessary information to wire the money. I put the $5,000 on top and took the other $5000 and stuck it in my sport coat pocket so Iu2019d have some walking around money for when I first arrived in Vegas, before I was able to get to the cage to collect my wire.I had lived in Vegas for a number of years, and it wasnu2019t unheard of for someone to win an amount like this and have it paid out in cash. Uncommon? A little. But certainly not unheard of. Except I wasnu2019t in Vegas, I was in a local branch in the suburbs of Kansas City. Where apparently a sub 30 year old doesnu2019t walk in very often with near $300,000 in cash bundled up in a old, blue, Columbia House duffel bag for a deposit.She instantly asked, u201cWhere did you get all this money?u201d And then, u201cThatu2019s a lot to send to a casino to gamble with.u201dTo which I thought, u201cThatu2019s none of your f**king business.u201dShe must have been able to read the disdain on my face as she instantly excused herself and apologized. A couple minutes later when I had the cash all stacked up on the ledge of the teller window with the 75K off to the side and a slip filled out with the information for wiring the money to the Bellagio main cage, a man approached in a suit and tie and asked if Iu2019d like a private room. I told him I didnu2019t really need one, that the money was all there, had already been counted, and was ready for deposit. I looked around now to notice several bank employees and customers staring at me but quickly looking away and going back to their business as they saw me looking around the bank.Apparently they donu2019t just take your word for it when you tell them how much it is, even when packaged up in nice, neat, 10K stacks and 50K bundles. The man in the suit and tie introduced himself as the branch manager and informed me that the money would have to be ran through the machine to be counted and to verify none of the bills were counterfeit. He asked me if I wouldnu2019t mind coming back to his office and waiting where they could discuss some deposit options with me and then offered me some coffee or something to drink as he motioned with his arms the direction to his office.He too asked me where I had gotten the money, and I was very careful not to mention anything about gambling or playing poker as I knew what an apprehensive issue it was in the financial industry at the time. The Wire Act didnu2019t prevent playing poker online, exactly, it prevented financial institutions from processing gambling transactions. And the Big Three poker sites in the U.S. hadnu2019t been shut down with their owners indicted for offering poker online, they had been shut down with the owners indicted for purchasing a bank in Utah where they processed the illegal transactions fraudulently under phony business names. So I told him Iu2019d obtained it selling drugs with a smirk.He didnu2019t find it as funny as I did so I quickly told him I was kidding, then vaguely told him that I had gotten the money from a friend I had a business interest with, and if he checked my account history he would see that large wires and cash deposits like this werenu2019t extremely uncommon. He then asked me why I was wiring 75K to Bellagio, and I again smiled and told him it was none of their business and asked if they wanted to continue to do business together or not. He seemed a bit jolted by my standoffish attitude but also seemed to acknowledge that there wasnu2019t anything illegal about wiring the money to the Bellagio, in fact, Bank of America (a branch of which we currently resided), had a specific account to account transfer option that allowed money to be transferred internally, instantly between any BoA account holder and MGM property.After a brief bit of silence I broke up his dumbfounded look by saying, u201clook man, are you going to count the money and verify it or not. Iu2019m kinda busy today.u201d He informed me that the money had been counted and was actually $900 dollars long of $281,000, which Iu2019d put 5K in my pocket of the original $286,000 and to this day scratch my head wondering where/how that extra 900 found its way in there.He seemed to sense I was perplexed by the previous accounting error and said, u201clooks like you donu2019t need to go to Vegas, youu2019re getting lucky already.u201dI smiled and he informed me they would have to fill out all the necessary tax and legal compliance paperwork including a suspicious activity report (SAR) with FinCen.That was in 2023 and Iu2019ve never heard anything from FinCen. Though I do pay my taxes as required by law and do claim professional gambler as my form of employment. I suspect they have a stack of SARu2019s somewhere at FinCen on me that theyu2019ve investigated a few times before as Iu2019ve used some creative ways to repatriate gambling winnings over the years, everything from foreign bank accounts in Malta, to Bitcoins, to even using large bulk purchases of prepaid phone cards (donu2019t ask). For a period I was u201crandomlyu201d selected to be searched at the airport EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I flew anywhere for anything. But that has since stopped, which I can only imagine I owe a u201cThanks, Obama,u201d for having the Department of Homeland Security and the DOJ scrub those lists.

No one is looking out for your career.My first manager out of college was amazing. He was patient, motivating and loyal to his team.He pushed us but took time to celebrate when we delivered. This is a rare attribute in a corporate world where no conversation seems to end without asking for more.In a short period of time under this manager, I won several top sales awards and was promoted to sales manager in only three years.He made us feel like insiders, sharing information typically reserved for executives.If we were facing genuine resistance, he fought for us. Not just the u201cIu2019ll run it up the chainu201d nonsense you get from yes-men, but legitimate battling.When an employee sees their manager in the trenches, listening and fighting for their team, it can be incredibly motivating.We worked for one of the smallest business units in a massive company.One day, we came in to the office to learn about an internal company merger. It was communicated in an email and from what we could tell, our small business was being merged into a much larger business.Uh-oh.I hustled down to my manageru2019s office to get the scoop. He was always in the loop on this type of stuff and I planned to bust his chops for not looping me in earlier.He was reading the same email very carefully. It struck me that he was learning about this merger the same way I did.Oh shit.u201cIu2019ll make some calls and see what I can learn.u201dThis wasnu2019t the first re-organization I had been through. Big companies go through these internal mergers for one reason.To reduce staff.They communicate something entirely different. Creating value, simplifying the customer experience, selling a more valuable bundle, blah, blah, blah.The real reason is always cost reduction. The larger business gobbles up the smaller business, keeps sales and key technical resources, then reduces functions like back office, accounting, HR, management, etc.This is especially true when the overall business is declining or flat.We didnu2019t learn much after that email. Two months went by and it was business as usual. We kept on working, all with this approaching storm cloud on the horizon.My team would ask what I knew. I would mutter, u201cWeu2019ll know soonu201d and then call my boss and ask the same.Finally, we had our annual manageru2019s meeting after the close of the year. The first big change was that our meeting was now combined with our new merger partner.Good or bad, we would learn what we needed to know at this meeting.The first day of meetings was filled with presentations from executives I didnu2019t know. PowerPoint slides explained the merger with colorful bar charts and catchy buzz words like u201csynergyu201d, u201cbetter togetheru201d and u201cone teamu201d.They were talking without saying anything at all, a skill I had yet to master as a young manager. The only thing I could discern was tone. It was clear that they saw our cute little business as inferior to theirs.They had big plans to optimize us, succeed where we had failed and get us back on track. In other words, this was not a merger of equals (they never are).Our boss set up an early dinner with his direct reports. There were six of us managers. We sucked down a drink and talked about how odd the meeting was.We didnu2019t know that his day had been considerably worse than ours.During one of the breaks, he had been pulled aside and told that his position was being eliminated. After 15 years with the company, he no longer had a job.We were stunned. This was a friend and he looked crushed.That feeling lasted about two seconds. Next, came panic. Were we on our way out the door too?He didnu2019t make us ask that awkward question. He told us that decisions hadnu2019t been made at our level and that there would be some competition for front line management positions.There would be cuts but not as deep as the executive ranks.u201cDo you know who is going to make that decision?u201du201cNot sure.u201du201cDo you know when they plan to make that decision?u201du201cI believe they are going to meet with you tomorrow to discuss.u201dIt was clear. He didnu2019t know and couldnu2019t help if he did. After all, why would they want the opinion of an executive they just fired?I came into that company as a gullible punk and always had this boss to get my back. I worked my tail off but trusted that he was helping me reach my career goals. He had my back.I learned at this moment something he never told me.No one is going to manage my career but me.Sure, youu2019ll find managers who care about you and genuinely push for your best interests. But, the second that their situation is in question, they have no choice but to get focused on their own career.Up until that point, there was no Plan B. I would work hard and deliver results. The rest would take care of itself.Stupid boy.He invited us out for drinks. Four of the guys went with him but I broke rank with a friend.We were on the chopping block and the likely executioner was at this meeting somewhere.Sentiment was out. Survival was in.We passed on drinks with our group. Feeling sorry for ourselves was not going to help us keep our job. My boss understood and gave us some tips on who we might try to talk with at the social event.Instead, we headed out to the social event and started networking as if it would be our last.After some time, we figured out who our new bosses would be and bought them drinks. In a loud bar, we could feel that we were being interviewed on the spot. It was also clear that they had done some homework on us already, which was unsettling.One round led to many more as we answered questions all night. We passed that first test, stumbling home at 2AM after last call.We went out of our way to share everything we were working on after that point. We inundated our new bosses with details about our strategy, business challenges and teams. We made the effort to get to know their entire support staff. If they gave us an assignment, we made sure to impress, knowing they were comparing us against our peers.This was all made easier by the personal connection we made at that first networking event. Showing up at that event might have saved our jobs.When the dust settled two months later, we both still had jobs but several of our peers did not. We had accomplished what seemed impossible sitting in that annual meeting. We survived.The lesson for me was stark.There is only so much your manager can do for you. If you want a long, successful career, you will be the only constant. Only you know your aspirations, fears, doubts and dreams. Your manager may love you but their first priority will never be you.If your manager were to cut all priorities to one, that priority would be their own career.Build a network large enough to withstand any shock.