All Questions and Answers about Employment Law
Unpaid employer expenses
My husband's company laid him off in Ocotber. They said they would pay his expenses within 30 days. 3 months later and still on money. It is close to $40,000. What can he do to get this money? He also...
2 answers | asked Feb 7, 2005 8:19 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Non-Compete only for Employer/Employee?
Hello - I plan to purchase items from a wholesaler in CA for retail resale on a major internet auction (I am located in TX). It has been recommended that I require the wholesaler to enter into a "non ...
2 answers | asked Feb 7, 2005 6:01 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Do you have to pay all exempt employees overtime?
Most of the employees at my work are considered "exempt" from overtime. If some of the exempt employees are paid overtime, while the rest of us are not paid overtime, is there a law that prevents the ...
2 answers | asked Feb 7, 2005 1:16 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
unfair for for my employer to end my employment and expect me to be committed to future employment
Can one organization/employer commit you to working for another party that is not involved in the contract? Can you have a contract that commits an individual to work in the future but with no commitm...
1 answer | asked Feb 6, 2005 7:46 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Commissioned dealer employees: What are the laws?
I was recently terminated as a Finance Director from an automobile dealership. My "effective date of termination" was 12/21/04, with termination paperwork completed on 12/27. I did not receive (what w...
1 answer | asked Feb 6, 2005 2:44 PM [EST] | applies to California
last paycheck-education reimbursement
I recentky resigned from my company, and they are considering withholding my last pay check and accrued vaction to cover company sponsored education reimbursement. They are saying that since I did not...
1 answer | asked Feb 4, 2005 11:06 AM [EST] | applies to California
employment agreemnt
My company is based in Dallas, Texas I am based in Ohio. They were purchased on Nov 12 by another company with an HQ in California but is a VA corporation. They have asked me to sign a non-compete. Th...
1 answer | asked Feb 4, 2005 10:31 AM [EST] | applies to Ohio
lay off while pregnant
I am going to be laid off July 1st, 2005 but I am 4 months pregnant and my due date is July 3rd. This way I am unable to go on maternity leave. I would like to know if the company should pay for my ma...
1 answer | asked Feb 3, 2005 4:20 PM [EST] | applies to California
Was terminated.. Have questions on it.
Hello, In September of 2004 I was terminated for buying cigarettes for a minor. It was an honest mistake, I was outside and the kid was crying, saying that his dad had beat him up. He didn't want to g...
1 answer | asked Feb 1, 2005 3:51 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
What will I be paid today???
I have worked at a CPA firm for 5 years. For 4 of those years we were salaried. Last summer we were forced to go to hourly and were reduced to 32 hours per week. We worked 32 hours a week for several ...
1 answer | asked Feb 1, 2005 1:18 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio