All Questions and Answers about Employment Law
I was fired because one of my workers said he would stay if they fired me.
I was Maintenance Superintenent (manager) at Amcast Automotive in Gas City, IN. Last week I was fired for "not doing my job". That evening I found out that one of the employees who reported to me brag...
1 answer | asked Aug 23, 2004 10:59 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
WARN letter clarification
this is a copy of my warn letter dated july 7 2004 Due to the non renewal of a major contract we are forced to reduce our workforce..This letter is to provide you with a 60 day displacement notice. Yo...
1 answer | asked Aug 23, 2004 6:30 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
being fired for being 20 weeks pregnant
I'm 20 weeks pregnant, as soon as my bosses found out I was pregnant last week they told me I have 2 weeks left to work then I have to leave. Today, they took one of my three shifts away. They are slo...
1 answer | asked Aug 21, 2004 2:37 PM [EST] | applies to California
termination or not
I have taken a short term disability leave for depression/anxiety. Have been off work for 3 months now. Was cleared to return on the 3oth of this month. When I went into my work, my supervisor said sh...
1 answer | asked Aug 21, 2004 12:50 AM [EST] | applies to California
Invasion of Privacy?
Hi, I work for a large company and I recently became very ill. I took a couple days off of work and went to the hospital a couple times. The doctors finally told me what I had and it wasn't anything r...
1 answer | asked Aug 20, 2004 7:13 PM [EST] | applies to California
Age discrimination
My son was terminated 3 days after having started his employment with his company. Reason he was to young. He was hired by the General Manager at his site for a part- time summer job. The corporate di...
1 answer | asked Aug 19, 2004 9:02 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Discrimination
I've been fired. For 2 years I've been dreading this day but I knew it was coming. When I first started at my coming I got along great with both my area director and general manager. 1 month and a hal...
1 answer | asked Aug 19, 2004 8:27 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Emplyer change me from workers comp to Family leave Legal??
I went out on April 23, 2004 on Workers Comp (all paperwork filed)due to injury on job. I have been receiving pay from Workers Comp also. My employer is now telling me that my 12 week deadline is appr...
1 answer | asked Aug 19, 2004 2:03 PM [EST] | applies to California
pregnancy discrimination in a medical spa setting
I am a highly educated nurse practitioner in nyc. I have a BS and an MA. I am licensed as an RN and also as an NP-C in New York. I was hired to work for a cosmetic dermatology "medi-spa" to learn and ...
1 answer | asked Aug 19, 2004 04:21 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Employee handbooks are they contracts?
Does an employee handbook constitute a contract? When a hanbook details actions and/or steps that will be taken before termination and known of those steps were taken is that a violation of a contract...
1 answer | asked Aug 18, 2004 10:42 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio