All Questions and Answers about Employment Law
Can I quit and receive unemployment?
I have worked for a company for a couple of years and have undergone many troubles: temporary pay cuts, temporary and involuntary pay deferrals that remain unpaid, broken agreements, and doing more th...
1 answer | asked Jun 17, 2004 3:44 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Wage discrepancies based on Education & Experience
We work at a hospital & we recently found out that an employee in our department, who does not meet the educational requirements for the Technologist position (Bachelors Degree + experience), was hire...
2 answers | asked Jun 16, 2004 8:42 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
reasonable accommodate
I have lupus & fell & broke my hip at work last August 2003. The fall has exacerbated the illness & my doctor does not want me to work full time any longer. I have inquired about part time, flexible h...
1 answer | asked Jun 16, 2004 3:10 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
defamation/slander
What are my rights? I was hired by a local LTC facility as a RN. During the paperwork orientation, I was told after the 3 hour break that they would not be able to hire me because I had a bad referenc...
1 answer | asked Jun 15, 2004 4:10 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
Non compete HELP
I was hired by a company with whom I had to sign a non compete. They only let me see the page where the signature goes and said if I wanted to work there I had to sign it. I was recently terminated fo...
1 answer | asked Jun 14, 2004 1:06 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Company Wide Vaction days for 4th July- legal requirment?
Is an employer legally required to give full time employees a specific number of 'company vacation days' ie X-Mas/New Years/4th July every year- or is it up to the companys disgression and on a year l...
1 answer | asked Jun 9, 2004 1:28 PM [EST] | applies to Georgia
non compete
I have worked for my company for 7 years, and now they are requiring me to sign a non compete document. Can they fire me for refusing to sign?
1 answer | asked Jun 9, 2004 12:41 PM [EST] | applies to Massachusetts
Promotion not given due to Maternity Leave
My employer told me I was not given a promotion, specifically, because I was on Maternity Leave. Is this discrimination?
1 answer | asked Jun 6, 2004 1:21 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Severance Pay Refusal
I have been working for the same company for 23 years and the companies contract I am working on is coming up to completion but will be picked up by another company. I will be getting laid off and bec...
1 answer | asked Jun 6, 2004 08:03 AM [EST] | applies to Texas
Employer seeking depositions without filing charges
Myself and my partner recently left the same employer to set ourselves up in the same line of business of our previous employer. Neither of us had an employment contract or a non-compete in place. The...
2 answers | asked Jun 4, 2004 5:15 PM [EST] | applies to Texas