All Questions and Answers about Employment Law
Non-compete
I signed what is titled as "key employee agreement" with a non-compete clause stating I will not w/o company's consent engage in any employment, consulting or other business other than for the company...
1 answer | asked Dec 17, 2003 11:11 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Discrimination and Worker's Compensation
I built a store for a large company five years ago. I am company trainer and Manager. Have a new District Manager. I was injured in August(first time in my life), a six-foot beem came down and hit me ...
1 answer | asked Dec 17, 2003 10:49 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Situation is very detailed.
Is there anything that can be done when you have a situation where 1 employee threatens another & assaults her during break but not on employer property and it is reported to mgmnt and case closed say...
1 answer | asked Dec 17, 2003 10:28 AM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Salary questions
My employer pays us two weeks in arrears. Currently we are behind by one paycheck. Although we are in the computer field, and called "salaried", we must keep time records. In certain circumstances, we...
1 answer | asked Dec 17, 2003 10:14 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
final paycheck
I was fired two weeks ago (12/4/03), and I still haven't recieved my final paycheck. Our payday was the 5th, but he still won't tell me when I can expect my check. What can I do?
1 answer | asked Dec 16, 2003 5:50 PM [EST] | applies to California
Am I being blackballed?
I was recently at an interview where the interviewer called my previous employer and asked the question: "Why was he terminated?" She replied, "He had an attendance problem." --I heard her voice with ...
1 answer | asked Dec 15, 2003 9:39 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Suspect of getting laid off while on Maternity leave
I'm 34 weeks pregnant. I was put on bed rest by my doctor last week, 12/3. I missed work starting 12/4. My company/department is in the middle of laying off people by March. I found out they lay off a...
1 answer | asked Dec 11, 2003 1:41 PM [EST] | applies to California
Vacation Pay
My former company is denying a vacation pay payment because they claim there is no vacation accrual implied in the employee handbook. However, the wording does stipulate that "upon completion" of spec...
1 answer | asked Dec 10, 2003 12:27 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
wrongful termination
I was wrongfully terminated from my employer on December 1, 2002 and I want to know what rights I have as far as sueing my former employer.
2 answers | asked Dec 10, 2003 12:06 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Severance Pay
I was told about a month ago, that my position will be eliminiated. I keep asking for my lay-off date but they keep dodging me. I work for a non-profit agency and I have seen no literature on serveran...
1 answer | asked Dec 8, 2003 12:03 PM [EST] | applies to Wisconsin