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Office has a 35-hour work week. Do I get straight pay for 35 to 40 & then 1.5 over 40
Our company has a 35-hour work week. I sometimes work an extra 10 hours a week, for which my company refuses to pay overtime, saying I have to "adjust" and take time off the next week. They say we don...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 23, 2011 05:42 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can my supervisor retaliate against me for applying for another job within the company?
Hi, I recently applied for another job within the non-profit company that I work for. I notified my current supervisor of my interest in the new position and indicated on my work google calendar when ...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 23, 2011 04:08 AM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

exemployer will not pay me my Profit Sharing
my ex employer will not pay me my profit sharing that is owed to me. I have the paperwork saying the amount and everything. Please let me know what I need to do to collect this money owed to me.
1 answer  |  asked Sep 22, 2011 9:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

How your severence pay is paid to you.
My question does the employer have the right to withhold your severence until they want to pay you. Do they have the right to make installments to you on your severence pay.
2 answers  |  asked Sep 21, 2011 3:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Upon leaving employment, does employee have to re-sign the Non-Compete Agreement?
If an employee leaves the company, is the Non-Compete Agreement only legal if it is resigned on their last day of employment or is it valid with their signature dated when hired? Thanks, Christine Car...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 21, 2011 12:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Is an employer allowed to continually give bad references?
I was let go from a job and have been unable to find work since. There is no reason I should still be unemployed I am good at my job. I left a previous job to go to the one I was let go from and shoul...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 21, 2011 11:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can a no compete agreement extend beyond the employee to immediate family members?
My grandfather is retiring from a company he owns 49% of and is selling his shares to his partner. His partner is trying to impose upon him a no compete agreement that would extend to his immediate fa...
3 answers  |  asked Sep 21, 2011 10:46 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

FMLA and STD
i have been on short term disability since july 15th 2011 and i am supposed to return to my job by october 5th. If i do not return i will be terminated. But on september 26th i have to go in for surge...
3 answers  |  asked Sep 20, 2011 4:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can my employer cut my pay to minimum wage if I quit
I did not give my 2 weeks notice I was just wondering if it is legal or not to do if its not stated in our employee handbook?
1 answer  |  asked Sep 20, 2011 11:47 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Does not want to pay and fired when kept asking for money owed
I worked as a manager for a new business, I helped them opened the store and within the first months I was not getting paid until "It picked up" but they kept giving me the run around, they started pa...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 19, 2011 5:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio