New York Questions and Answers about Contracts

Is there anything you can do after a company offers you a position and then calls back to reneg?
A friend of mine was offered a position at Nestle Waters/Poland Spring Corp as a driver on Monday morning over the phone. The HR recruiter called him back a few hours later to say he can't have the jo...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 10, 2010 2:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

I had a restrictive covenant, but expired 2 years ago. A clause in the agreement states I cannot go
customers that were sold to them in the original agreement. Some customers have contacted me tha they are very unhappy with their service the are getting from th new firm. I had sold a very small fuel...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 12, 2010 1:56 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Incentive Cuts
My company's parent company has forced them to cut over time and incentives. However I have written documentation which states that my incentive is part of my salary. Is my company entitled to cut my ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 2, 2009 10:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Eployment contract terminated early by employer
I signed an employment contract with an agency at the beginning of October 2008. Last week I was told by my recruiter that I would be let go in two or three weeks because the project was finnished. It...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 7, 2009 01:09 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

travel expense reimbursement for a W2 employee
I had interviewed for, and subsequently received an offer for W2 subcontract employment from a contracting company in NY state for work in NY state. I am a resident of Florida. Both during the talks w...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 7, 2008 8:19 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

New Uniform Policy--Is company responsible
My company is based in North Carolina. We are a national sales support team. They have just initiated a new dress code and are requiring everyone to purchase their own new uniform clothing and footwea...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 4, 2008 3:21 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Full time job w/ benefits and a contract position simaltaneously
Can a person work full time as a marketer for an agengy with benefits and take on a contract position that is doing marketing in a different area at the same time if there is no non compete----in othe...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 16, 2007 12:53 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

contract
My employer petitioned my green card. I signed a 3-year contract with an offer of $30/hr(June 2004) I paid $1,000 as bond which was refunded when I arrived in the US. I paid for all my exams and my pl...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 9, 2007 6:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Conflict Of Interest Fraud & Harrassment
I am an IT contract worker doing work for a public company that has $390 billion in assets. My employer is the staffing agency that has a relationship with the public company as a vendor, seems to me ...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 3, 2007 01:08 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

no follow through on a verbal promise of promotion and pay increase
I work for a Fortune 500 company and late last year was verbally promised a promotion and increase in pay of more than $10,000 per year. This was to be effective no more than four months after relocat...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 1, 2005 5:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York