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Tax Issues in Settlements
General legal information about the U.S. taxation of income received as severance pay or the settlement of an employment law claim.

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Your Job Title Does Not Determine Whether You Are Exempt from Overtime Compensation
California courts and the Department of Labor have repeatedly held that an employee's title doesn't determine whether he or she should be exempt from receiving overtime compensation. In other words, j... applies to California

List of Employment Law FAQs
Non-competition Severance pay Retaliation Sexual harassment Family leave Discrimination Wrongfully accused Overtime Tax Issues in Settlements Healthy Families Act Smoke free workplace Ohio non-compete... applies to All States

Negotiating Severance Agreements
Parties bargaining to reach a mutually acceptable outcome must, as with any negotiation: Have a shared desire to resolve the dispute; Identify the interests at stake; Invent options for mutual gain; S... applies to All States

The EEOC Announces Multiple Six Figure Settlements of 100% Healed Cases.
100% Healed Policies: A Recipe for Disaster. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced six figure settlements of multiple federal lawsuits alleging employer failures to accommodat... applies to All States

Five Facts About Wrongful Termination
What constitutes wrongful termination? How can you prove your wrongful termination case? And can you sue for wrongful termination in an at-will state? Here are five facts you need to know about wrongf... applies to All States

Questions and Answers (23)

Race/Religion Discrimination Harassment settlement
how much money can my Lawyer ask for in a Letter of Demand for Discrimination/Harassment? My understanding is that the cap is between 50,000 to 300,000 based on the size of the employer. I was retalia... applies to Idaho  ·  0 answers

Civil rights killed through taxation
Hi, I just got off the phone with an attorney. She told me she's currently not doing civil rights cases because of a new Tax decision (114TC399) that a Judge Hue (Republican)of the 7th Ciruit court ma... applies to Illinois  ·  2 answers

Is there anything I can do if my signature was forged on a DISA release and consent for drug tests
To join DISA takes an informed decision based on being given the program regulations to read prior to signing. This is stated on the consent form. I never had that opportunity. The signature was forge... applies to Texas  ·  0 answers

FL employer has not paid severance. I want the money.
I got laid off a couple of years ago from a company in FL. I had a contractual severance package for 6 months of salary to be paid in monthly installments. They ceased sending the severance pay after ... applies to Florida  ·  1 answer

Is there anything I can do if my signature was forged on a DISA release and consent form for drug and alcohol test results which are considered HIPAA protected. Additionally the forged document is being used indefinitely due to no expiration date, also a
To join DISA takes an informed decision based on being given the program regulations to read prior to signing. This is stated on the consent form. I never had that opportunity. The signature was forge... applies to Texas  ·  0 answers

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