All Questions and Answers about Employment Law
unauthorized payroll deductions
I was released from my job without any reason or warning. When I received my final check the following week, they had deducted $500.00 for an engine I had been "paying out" per the company's agreement...
1 answer | asked Aug 5, 2004 4:29 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Offer withdrawn based on H-1B discrimination
My wife recently got an offer from a private financial management firm in New York which was withdrawn within an hour after she signed it. They had agreed to process her H-1 B VISA. Timeline: Friday a...
1 answer | asked Aug 5, 2004 10:29 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Father on maternity leave
I work at a small company that only employs about 30 people. Is there a law that covers a father for taking time off to be with his wife and new born child? I was told that we don't fall under the FML...
1 answer | asked Aug 4, 2004 6:45 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Back Pay
I am in Dallas, Texas. My employer is in Michigan. I am in H1B visa. My employer has lots of back pay to me. He is keep on procrastinating to pay it. Kindly provide me the options. Thanks in advance.
1 answer | asked Aug 4, 2004 09:31 AM [EST] | applies to Texas
dress code/pantyhose
Can an employer in California require a woman to wear panty hose or knee high stockings UNDER her pants?
1 answer | asked Aug 2, 2004 5:31 PM [EST] | applies to California
Constructive termination, daily explosive stressful atmosphere.
After working for the same company 5 years, owner one day demanded my resignation after coming in late without calling in. I was only sales person, each year better than previous, working on best year...
2 answers | asked Aug 2, 2004 12:18 AM [EST] | applies to Texas
at will- right to work state
In lay mans term can you explain what an "at will" state means and what are the employees rights under this law?
1 answer | asked Jul 31, 2004 2:18 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
slander
I called legal aid and was given a name of a lawyer in hendersonville. It seems there are not many employment related lawyers out here. Well, I met with this lawyer and told him my story about being f...
1 answer | asked Jul 31, 2004 2:01 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
help - H1B-visa - salary not paid
Hi, I have come to the US on H1-B visa with a consulting firm. When I joined this company in March, I signed an agreement that I would serve the company for 1 year, and not leave them before that. And...
2 answers | asked Jul 31, 2004 08:58 AM [EST] | applies to Maryland
Pregnant and dismissed because of need for light duty work
I am 4 months pregnant and due to some pregnancy complications, my physician wrote a note to my employer requesting "light duty". I work as a nursing assistant in a children's hopital that has granted...
1 answer | asked Jul 30, 2004 12:12 PM [EST] | applies to Florida