I'm not a lawyer, but no. First, it's unethical for a potential employer to even ask if you're married. Once employed, such personal matters are none of the companies "business."
An exception would be if the spouse actually works for the same company, in which case, a conflict of interests can occur, and the employer may have guidelines/rules that prohibit relationships between employees that may cause a conflict of interest.
no it is not but it is about trust
No.
ofcourse!
Assuming the employer offers coverage to spouses, then the employer would not have the right to turn a spouse away. The spouse's loss of coverage is a "qualifying event" and the employer's insurer would allow the spouse to join.
no
They can only provide dates of employment, and salary paid.
The term "Working Spouse Rule" refers to some employer provided medical insurance plans. These types of plans require that if the employee's spouse works for a company which also offers medical insurance benefits, that spouse must be enrolled in that plan. This means that if your spouse is employed, and his or her employer offers medical and/or dental coverage, the spouse must be enrolled for at least individual coverage in that company's plan, regardless of cost, in order to be covered on a secondary basis under your medical and/or dental plan.
Generally insurance coverage should be offered to an employees spouse. It does not matter if they are offered coverage from their employer whereas it provides an additional option in case 1 plan is more affordable than the other.
States where the Spouse is treated as a Third party and a collector cannot disclose the debt if speaking with the Spouse of the Debtor
The employer does not have to pay for the spouse's coverage. It can be offered to the employee and the cost taken from his/her paycheck to cover the spouse. There is no legal requirement for the employer to offer coverage for spouses -- even at the employee's expense. However, it would be very unusual for a plan to cover only employees and not have coverage available for spouses and children.
In Illinois, yes. If you don't then you are lying to your new spouse. Not a good way to begin a marriage.
Yes you can select whatever coverage you want through your employer. However, your enrollment is through your employer and they usually only allow you to make changes to your coverage during open enrollement (the beginning of the year most commonly).