All Questions and Answers about Employment Law

Comp time for exempt employees
I work for a local non-profit agency. All employees are considered exempt. I work some weeks everyday 8 hours or more. My job requirements are teaching classes, invoicing, scheduling community classes...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 12, 2004 10:23 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Officer's Obligation sans a non-compete
I was an officer of a small business. I resigned from the company. I did not have a non-compete agreement. The owner of the company says that in Ohio, I cannot compete with him, simply due to being an...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 11, 2004 12:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Wrongful Termination Without Cause
I was terminated from my job a few days ago after 2 1/2 years of service. The reason that my employer gave me was that my skill set did not match the direction in which their IT Department was headed....
1 answer  |  asked Mar 10, 2004 12:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to District of Columbia

GEICO UNFAIR TERMINATION
I was recently terminated from GEICO along with up to 100 people for what they refer to as gross misconduct. Some people in the company were removing credit scores from a quote to get a better company...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 9, 2004 3:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Georgia

need a lawyer expert in medical contracts
I am a cardiologist who is planning to leave my group and work with a local hospital..I have bee with my group for 2 and1/2 years.my original contract ended in september, 2002.we never signed a renewa...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 8, 2004 10:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Hired for wrong job, fired for lack of experience?!?
Hired through an employment agency to process home loans for a well established bank. I let them know I had no previous mortgage experience, and was told not to worry, they have a three week training ...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 8, 2004 12:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

sexual harrassment
I recently worked in a small diner as a waitress. my boss the owner was constantly making sexual comments like your having a good ass day today or even so far as to call a local radio stationand they ...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 8, 2004 08:19 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Non-compete relating to prospective customers
I was told I had to sign a new non-compete in 1999 (3 years after original employment)or I would risk being fired. The new non-compete included prospects as covered under the non-compete as well as pr...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 6, 2004 07:35 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Time payed for operating company vehicles
I work in construction and my company furnishes myself and other foremen trucks to carry their tools and materials to the jobs.They pay travel time to the job only once no matter how far or how long y...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 5, 2004 10:25 PM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

Co-worker w/same title makes a lot more money
I am an Oracle Database Administrator just hired (2 months ago) by a large company in my area. I was hired at 90K/yr. Another DBA was hired on the same day. Although we have the same title, we are "ex...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 5, 2004 9:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania