California Questions and Answers about Contracts
Stock option with acceleration upon termination
I have a stock incentive plan, 10.5 months in I am terminated. Would be 25% after 1-year. I think the acceleration part of contract accommodates but wording is tricky. Was told by company I vested/get...
1 answer | asked Aug 23, 2013 12:10 PM [EST] | applies to California
Feel Discriminated and now I am completely jobless do I have any rights?
I need some advise to be able to know if I have a case or not. I was hired by a company as a freelancer/full-time worker and working out of my home. I submitted an agreement and mailed it back to the ...
1 answer | asked Apr 22, 2011 5:41 PM [EST] | applies to California
Is it legal to require 30 days notice before resignation?
My wife is about to start a job, but they want her to sign a contract that says she will give them 30 days notice before quitting. She is only a secretary, so she isn't in a hard to replace position. ...
2 answers | asked Oct 22, 2010 3:35 PM [EST] | applies to California
If I subcontract labor can I perform the same type of job as the contracted labor?
I need to hire contract labor to take up overflow that I cannot get to. In doing so I was told, under federal law, I cannot perform the same task anymore. True?
1 answer | asked Mar 8, 2010 1:07 PM [EST] | applies to California
Contract got cancelled in 1 week when I signed an initial contract for 4 months
Hello, I was offered a contract position at ABC Corp and I started working there. After a week when I submitted my timesheet, my manager told me that my contract wasnt fully approved. He thought it wa...
1 answer | asked Nov 12, 2008 1:49 PM [EST] | applies to California
How to proceed with nonpayment of a contract for work performed
I had a consulting job this summer and worked 43 hours. My contract stated I would perform marketing analysis tasks, which were not specified, gave no end date, did not outline specific deliverables, ...
1 answer | asked Nov 10, 2008 10:18 PM [EST] | applies to California
Relocation Expenses Reimbursement
I am an outside sales rep for a software company in Northern California. I was in a good position in So Cal and was recruited out to the present position. I was hired by one of the parent company's bu...
1 answer | asked Oct 28, 2008 5:50 PM [EST] | applies to California
Forced to work for free to collect owed bonus
Myself as VP, another VP and the CEO negotiated a bonus plan that pays a % of profit quarterly. When we made profits it was decided by the CEO that we had insufficent cash flow to pay it so book it fo...
1 answer | asked Jun 27, 2008 2:12 PM [EST] | applies to California
Verbal Employment Agreement
My stepfather had a verbal agreement with a friend to work for him at the local County Fair in Massachusetts for 3 weeks (9am-8pm, 7 days a week). The man agreed to pay my stepfather $1000/wk, and the...
1 answer | asked Oct 3, 2006 7:12 PM [EST] | applies to California
False Pay and Review Promises
I was employed with a company located in Oakland, Ca. for almost two years. After my initial interview with this company, I was asked what salary rate I was seeking by the person interviewing me. I wa...
1 answer | asked Dec 12, 2005 10:34 PM [EST] | applies to California