New York Questions and Answers

Job Elimination
I have worked for a large corporation in the same department for 12 years. Six months ago, they changed department head and have let people go with severence packages. I'm at the point where my job re...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 1, 2002 12:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Non-compete anti-competitive?
I signed a non-compete agreement with my employer, an ad agency, (Agency A) and was later laid off due to economic conditions. The non-compete forbids me from servicing or soliciting former clients fo...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 26, 2002 1:15 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Is Non-Compete Enforceable when Employer is moving the company out of state?
My question is about a Non-compete agreement signed with a company that is moving out of state. The employer is an IT recruiting firm, that has been based in Manhattan. The owner no longer wants to co...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 17, 2002 12:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Wrongful Discharge:DRP
I was recently discharged from a management position for a national restaurant chain. I believed that the underlying factor was a conflict of interest between myself and my GM. The "reason" for my ter...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 14, 2002 12:54 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Have I been discriminated against?
I am young, black, and pregnant and I believe I have just recently been fired because of all of the above. I recently was promoted to one of nineteen Supervisors, making me the youngest black female t...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 6, 2002 12:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

RESCINDED RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED
I RESIGNED FROM MY JOB RECENTLY BECAUSE MY SUPERVISOR WAS VERY NASTY TO ME AT A TEAM MEETING. I RESIGNED ON MY MANAGER'S VOICEMAIL (MY MANAGER WASN'T THE ONE THAT WAS NASTY, THE SVP IN CHARGE OF OUR D...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 1, 2002 4:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can I beat my "non-compete"
My employer made me sign a "non-compete" back in 1999. In 2000 they were acquired resulting in a new change in company name. There is nothing in the non-compete that allowed the transfer of my N/C Agr...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 30, 2002 11:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

demanding that severance be returned
My wife was recently laid off. As part of the process she signed a severance aggreement/ contract and recieved her severance. A couple weeks later she was offered another position within the same comp...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 29, 2002 4:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Am I entitled to severance.
On Monday I was "asked" by my VP at a local hospital not to finish out the last 4 days of my emplopyment as Director of The Emergency Department and ICU because it was causing to much turmoil among th...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 9, 2002 07:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

good case against big company
i was out for 6 months with a work related shoulder problem(ended up having surgery) when i came back to work my old sales job was gone and they had me unloading trailers. i was on light duty with wei...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 8, 2002 5:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York