California Questions and Answers

Exempt employee and work in job non-related area
I am an exempt or salary employee. Can my company force me to work in my job non-related area? Like if I am computer guy, can they ask me to work extra hour in sat as security guard?
2 answers  |  asked Oct 12, 2001 1:59 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Discrimination?
I was just let go from my job, I'm a woman ,48. I was told when let go that it was no reflection on my skills, it was based on seniority only. The qusetion I have is, how could someone who had the sam...
3 answers  |  asked Oct 12, 2001 1:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Hired someone else with outstanding offer to me.
I received a job offer via email that requested me to start on the next working day . It was fairly vague, so I replied with a few questions about company policies and benefits. I did not receive any ...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 12, 2001 10:38 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Can taxes be taken out of severance pay?
I was laid off on 10/3/01. My employer said he would give two months' pay and three months' health benefits, and that he would pay me in the next four paycheck cycles. I have asked for this in writing...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 10, 2001 06:44 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

asked to waive benefit in order to get severance pay
a 45 yr. old woman is being laid off. She has 23 yrs. with large retail company. Employee handbook says, after 20 yrs, employee receives lifetime discount. She is asked to sign a waiver rescinding dis...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 10, 2001 02:52 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Laid off after telling employer I was going on disability
In July of this year I took ill with a respiratory infection. I had been working on a helpdesk and had been working several weeks while suffering from this infection. Eventually the manager at the fac...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 9, 2001 6:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Question on timeline for wrongful Termination
First of all your site is Fantastic, and very diversified. My question is how long does a company have to respond to a Complaint Filed in a Wrongful termination suit.? How Long will the typical suit t...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 8, 2001 1:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

fired because of a disability
If a person is fired for limitations directly associated with a documented disability they have which the employer has been advised of, what are their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act?...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 29, 2001 02:36 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Employer Refusing To Itemize Paystubs
I am a painter working through a union. My employer continually pays me late. He also does not itemize my deductions. He does not contribute my taxes and does not take out my union dues. The union is ...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 29, 2001 02:19 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Pressured To Work "Off the Clock"
I was offered a position in a school district. The hours are 7:30 to 4:00. After quitting my previous job and starting the new one, I began to see that everybody works 10-20 hours overtime "off the cl...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 29, 2001 02:14 AM [EST]  |  applies to California