All Questions and Answers about Employment Law

Discriminatory Layoof
I am an Indian on H1-B Visa and have been recently laid off. Earlier in Sept 2003 I had given a complain against my Manager to the VP of HR for intimidation, personal comments on my beard and appearan...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 2, 2004 10:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Discrimination, Retaliation?
I am a national Mexican; since I filed a discrimination charge back in 2002, and complained to upper management about lack of advancement and lack of pay increase (June 2003 and December 2003) my empl...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 2, 2004 10:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Wages Problem
Hello Sir/Madam, I am on H1B of one of the local IT company, who is into contracting of IT consultants to different clients on project basis. I have reached USA 2 months back and working my employeer ...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 2, 2004 6:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Pattern of retaliation
I filed a national origing discrmination charge with the EEOC 17 months ago. Since then, I have been demoted twice and denied of a pay increase. The first demotion came after 8 months of filing the ch...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 2, 2004 04:41 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Sexual Harrassment, Retaliation, Hositle working environment
About a year ago, I accepted an opportunity within my company to move into another role within the Finance Department. (Mar 03) The Sr. Finance Analyst was a man who at the time was not my direct boss...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 31, 2004 11:50 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

enforceable geography
Can an employer enforce a non-compete in their entire coverage area even if the individual employee never worked in the territory they are seeking to work in now? That is to say that the employer is a...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 30, 2004 2:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Discrimination
I have currently a Account Manager/Area Manager with a security company. This industries has been male dominated for many years partially due to the fact that we hire many ex-military personel. I WAS ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 29, 2004 10:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to Kansas

Medical leave & Diciplinary Actions
I had taken 7.5 requested days off since September 2003. I previously had informed my employer I would be needing time for Medical appointments with specialists for my children(opthamologists,ENT's). ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 28, 2004 8:11 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Fired because new boss doesn't like my style?
I work as a RN coordinator (supervisor)in Phila. PA. My job descreption reads as a assistent manager,my staff of 80 generaly loves the work that I do for them. A new Manager was hired to be my boss an...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 28, 2004 5:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Non Payment of Wages
Sir,I am an electrician for a small San Jose based co.None of the employees have been paid for the last 3 weeks & I am owed $1700.00 as of this date.My employer has told us IF he gets paid we will get...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 27, 2004 8:20 PM [EST]  |  applies to California