New York Questions and Answers

false sexual harrassment charges
I have a question about sexual harrassment. If one is accused of sexually harrassing someone in the workplace, is the supervisor that fielded the complaint legally obligated to confront the accused an...
1 answer  |  asked May 24, 2001 8:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

thnaks will i be able to take them to court?
i worked for an employer for 7 years and left and went to another employer same business auto field then previous employer sked me to come back to work for them and i agreed even though i had left a g...
1 answer  |  asked May 21, 2001 09:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

should I sue or take the money and run
I work for a large corporation and have worked for them for 22 years, I am 52 years old. Rumor has it some of us may be terminated soon, the company offers severance of 2 weeks per year but you must s...
1 answer  |  asked May 17, 2001 6:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Pension funding dropped in partnership buyout
I have been an employee of a company for 23 years receiving funding for a pension which provided unreduced retirement benefits (with a medical benefit) at age 55 for me. Four years ago I took a positi...
1 answer  |  asked May 17, 2001 03:47 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

downsize
Can an employer force you to change from a line position to an offline position and then in downsize that offline position in 45 days?
1 answer  |  asked May 16, 2001 5:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

job title and pay
Is it legal for an employer to pay a long term employee with a good employment record 20-30 percent less than others with the same job title, responsibilities, and equivalent time in the same type of ...
1 answer  |  asked May 14, 2001 6:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can I quit with a contract?
I have signed a contract to work for a specified time (July 2001-June 2002) for a specific salary, otherwise the contract was very brief and non-specific(one page). Does New York at-will override this...
1 answer  |  asked May 14, 2001 2:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Overtime
I have a couple of issues at work but I'll only address one. When I got hired, I was told that the work week would be 35 hours. I agreed that if I had to stay late to complete some work, that I would ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 12, 2001 1:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Do I have a harrassment case?
Dear Mel; I am a top-performing sales exec for an advertising company, with an 11 year track record. I am a 36 year old man, and am single. Lately my sales success has been exceptional. I have a new s...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 9, 2001 10:19 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

can a employer fire you if you don,t do a different job that is not yours to do.
Can a employer fire you I you don,t do a job that you where not hired to do and can they make you do it if you are a person that works in the office and on the computers can they make you sweep the fl...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 1, 2001 1:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York