New York Questions and Answers
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
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
Non-Compete - Unemployeed for 6 months.
I signed a one-year non-compete agreement with an IT consulting firm. The client I was working for swithed to a different consulting firm and I was let go. That was 6 months ago. I am still unemployed...
1 answer | asked Jan 22, 2004 2:19 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Non-Compete
After working for a small computer consulting firm in NY for over 2 years, I signed an employee agreement addendum with broad, new non-compete and non-solicitation clauses. There were no such clauses ...
1 answer | asked Jan 21, 2004 01:59 AM [EST] | applies to New York
demoted, paycut, unemployment, earned vacation time pay
I have several questions. 1)I began working for my employer in 1994 as hourly (punching a clock) plus commissioned sales, I received no pay for sick or personal time. In 1998, I was placed on straight...
1 answer | asked Jan 19, 2004 8:34 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Game Plan for Paid Leave after FMLA Expires
After checking various sections of your portal, I have the following question: My wife is currently disabled and is nearing the end of her 12-week FMLA period. As she needs additional time for treatme...
1 answer | asked Jan 11, 2004 12:47 PM [EST] | applies to New York
worker's comp discrimination lawyer
i am in need of a worker's comp discrimination lawyer
1 answer | asked Jan 3, 2004 2:13 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Layoff with no severance and hiring non union workers to do the job
I am a union employee and due to budget cuts the company is eliminating their entire IT dept. therefore laying us all off giving us a 2 week notice. However, they will be paying a private consulting c...
1 answer | asked Dec 30, 2003 12:31 AM [EST] | applies to New York
hourly
Can a employer after you have been working hourly change it to salary?
1 answer | asked Dec 18, 2003 3:22 PM [EST] | applies to New York
"Substantially Equal Employment" - coercion?
If an employer sells a product line and the severance policy states "substantially equal employment" means no severance payment, can they insist that the employees concerned sign a statement that the ...
1 answer | asked Dec 17, 2003 1:16 PM [EST] | applies to New York