All Questions and Answers about Employment Law

Sexual Discrimation, Retaliation, Emotion Distress
Good Morning, I work for a Fortune 500 Company located in Menlo Park, California. Last September I transferred into our R&D organization to define a strategy for a fledging market. My boss, what I cal...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 26, 2004 12:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Asked to sign a non compete after leaving job
My ex employer spoke of having a non compete agreement drawn up while I was working for him, but never did. Now that I have resigned and opened my own business, he wants me to sign one. Is this legal?...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 24, 2004 1:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Is this a legal tactic
I have been working for my current employer for 3 years now without a written or sighned contract. I started working for him for a set weekly rate which meant if we didn't work I didn't get payed by h...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 23, 2004 7:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

not get the check
if i was fired from my job through the phone and my manager told me that i was gonna get my pay check through the mail and it has been about a week and i have heard nothing, how long does the manager ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 22, 2004 6:15 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

FML running concurrently with short term disability
I work for a large company. I am currently out on short term disability, a benefit provided in part by my employer and in part my my own state disability payroll deductions. Can my employer require me...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 22, 2004 3:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

I have a truck that belongs to my former employer, no storage fees have been paid to me
What is my legal right to work truck owned by my former employer whom I have filed a wage claim against, that has been in my possesion for 11 months.
1 answer  |  asked Jun 21, 2004 11:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

salary and hourly employees
I work in a department with four other employess. Each of us perform the same job duties, however, three of us have different job titles and are paid salary, while the other two employees are paid hou...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 20, 2004 9:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Reverse Discrimination Lawsuits based on benefits
I am trying to find out about lawsuits stemming from higher paid employees whose benefits are not adequate to provide equal coverage as those who are lower paid. Example would be a corporate disabilit...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 18, 2004 4:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to Kansas

Can I be sued for breach of non-compete?
In late 2002, I began working for a not-for-profit company that publishes websites for various clients, including "Client X". Nearly a year later, I was asked by my employer to sign a Confidentiality ...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 18, 2004 2:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Church Politics
I was terminated from my job of 10 years as a Facility Manager of a rather large Episcopal Church. Every year a new "lay" employee is delegated the task of Buildings and Grounds, of which I am subject...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 18, 2004 04:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas