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Can going to arbitration worsen my position ?
I was in sales and I have a non-compete where my former employer pays me a small percent of what the clients I brought in continue to pay - this is what is at stake. I feel the entire agreement should...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 8, 2011 09:20 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

non-compete of former firm when family business was client
I have a non-compete agreement and am starting a competing firm outside their geographic restriction. It states that I can not speak to anyone who was a client of my former firm. Some of the clients a...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 8, 2011 08:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

non-compete of former firm when family business was client
I have a non-compete agreement and am starting a competing firm outside their geographic restriction. It states that I can not speak to anyone who was a client of my former firm. Some of the clients a...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 8, 2011 08:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

non-compete compliance
My non-compete states that I can not contact anybody who has been a client of my former firm in the last 3 years. I was one of 25 salespeople. Should I ask for a list of all of their clients for the l...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 8, 2011 08:00 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can your nursing license be revoked due to a breach of non-compete/ non-solicitation clause?
I am a Licensed Practical Nurse doing in-home nursing for an agency. When hired, I was told about a clause in which you could not work for a client for six months after leaving the company, otherwise ...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 7, 2011 5:42 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can the 180-day non compete clause be enforced that we all signed, no trade secrets involved.
A home health care agency in NJ has 6 nurses that attend to a pediatric case that is federally funded. The mother and father choose to leave this agency and go to another one where 2 of her 6 nurses a...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 7, 2011 3:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to New Jersey

As an employer, once an employee is let go how do we control defamation of our business?
We are a childcare center and recently had to let a teacher, employed at-will, go for the negative work environment she creates and complaints from parents, teachers, and more. Since she has been gone...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 5, 2011 11:04 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

I resigned from a position due to stress caused by Hostile work environment do I have recourse
I was employed by the Comm. of Mass/DDS for four years. I was a Residential Supervisor 2, I managed two group homes for individuals with MR. After working my first year successfully, I notice, as did ...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 2, 2011 1:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

Can an employer prohibit employees from comparing personnel evaluations and salary increases?
My employer's Code of Conduct forbids employees to share information about about annual performance evaluations and salary increases: i.e., I cannot say to a co-worker "I received a 2 rating and a 3% ...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 1, 2011 7:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Does a breach of contract cause the whole agreement to be voided in arbitration?
The owner of my company makes it a practice of going into accounts that the sales people opened and then stopping paying commissions to the sales people. The sales people are commissioned w2 employees...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 1, 2011 3:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio