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Breach of Severance Agreement
My employer terminated my employment without cause 90 days after I started work. The two-year contract clearly precluded termination except for specified causes (mostly violations of law)for at least ...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 29, 2012 09:50 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

If an employer lies to an applicant during the job interview/hiring process what can be done?
I had been working at my previous job for many years. Over the past year I had been looking for a new job that contained 3 specific features: shorter commute, better salary and no travel. I had an int...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 28, 2012 3:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to Connecticut

Do employers have to pay you before a company observed holiday?
I have a friend who works for a company that will be observing Thanksgiving on both Thursday and Friday. The company will be distributing checks out today, Wednesday, however the checks are postdated ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 21, 2012 1:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

I think I may be let go for being out of work for medical reason 4 days.
My employer posted a job opening for my job while I was out sick for 4 days and have medical documentation to prove it. I found out about the posting from my colleges job site the same day they posted...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 20, 2012 8:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

We have one employee, Can we pay rent/utilities in lieu of wages?
We (Board of Directors) own and operate a large camping/recreation facility in the mountains of North Calif. We have one contract employee who lives on site in an apartment that we pay the rent and ut...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 20, 2012 5:20 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Do I have to pay former employer the money they overpaid me?
I put in my two weeks notice at my former job and they asked me to leave and not come back at the end of the day. I got my last paycheck and they say I was overpaid. They will not show me my pay stub ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 13, 2012 4:56 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Am I required to use Family Medical Leave?
I have 8 months of accumulated sick leave. I have minor surgery scheduled and will only be out of work 1-2 weeks. Am I required to use Family Medical Leave?
1 answer  |  asked Nov 5, 2012 2:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

My job flat out lied to me. Can I sue them
I needed to take a leave of absence because I had to have two major surgeries. I hadnt been with the company long enough to have FMLA so the HR had told me if I quit that I will be able to return with...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 31, 2012 05:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can I seek legal advice for being discharged for being sick?
I was discharged at my job of 10+ years for going home sick. I work as a paramedic, and did not feel right about being around sick patients whose immune systems are already compromised while I was sic...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 26, 2012 4:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to New Hampshire

Want to open own tax service as situation has changed drastically.
Have worked for a franchise for 18 years, which was doing business as ****. Feb. 1 of last year, the owner passed away. It was writting that he's sister who had been manager for 28 years was to get th...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 24, 2012 11:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio