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is small claims a way to collect wages ?
I am a over the raod truck driver. I had worked for a small company this year located in illinois. In march last year I went without getting paid a full month,This employer was contracting through a b...
1 answer | asked Jul 13, 2011 8:10 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Wrongfully discharged?
I have been in Sales and Sales Management my entire career and have recently found myself unemployed from what I believe to be unfair practices. I was working in the Cleveland area and had been recrui...
2 answers | asked Jul 13, 2011 12:38 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
About to return from FMLA & my employer changed my hours of work from 9a-5p to 1p-5p. Is this legal?
I had a baby on 4/28/11. I was due to return to work from FMLA on 7/22/11 to my normal hours of 9am to 5pm. I received a letter from my employer yesterday telling me to return on 8/1/11 and to the hou...
2 answers | asked Jul 11, 2011 07:52 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Is it discrimination for an employer to hire a union position after elimination of nonunion jobs?
The City I worked for eliminated my position as well as another non-union position due to "financial circumstances" of the City. The Mayor & Council have publically stated that the City is going to ha...
1 answer | asked Jul 11, 2011 07:28 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Can I be terminated because I smell like alcohol from the day before?
H R call me to the office to correct some paper work. When I came to the office the intern said that I smell like alcohol,I explan that I was drinking the night before in celebrating Father's Day with...
1 answer | asked Jul 8, 2011 6:28 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Do they owe me accrued vacation pay
My company is based out of Virginia, hired me to work in Philly, and reside in Philly. I paid all PA and Philly taxes and thus receive unemployment from the state of PA. The state of Virginia does not...
2 answers | asked Jul 8, 2011 12:40 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
When should I receive my paycheck?
I recently quit my job before my 90 day probation. I had observed that the clinic was practicing many procedures not in regulation with the Dept of Health. eg. Allowing non-licensed personnel administ...
1 answer | asked Jul 7, 2011 8:51 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
Late Pay and Covenent Not to Compete
My employer is more then two months late in giving me my last paycheck before my layoff. They don't dispute that they owe me the money they just need "some more time". I would prefer to open my own bu...
2 answers | asked Jul 7, 2011 1:59 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
My previous employer Stop Payment'd my last check for multiple reasons, what can I do?
I got a letter in the mail today from a lawyer saying my paycheck is being held due to multiple reasons.. "He informs me that you were terminated from your employement on July 1st. Thereafter, without...
1 answer | asked Jul 7, 2011 12:54 PM [EST] | applies to Michigan
Can I waive my FLSA right to overtime
I am full-time 911 dispatcher and a part-time police officer for the same city, and when i work as a police officer i am payed overtime because even though i am working in a diffrent departmet it is f...
2 answers | asked Jul 5, 2011 10:50 AM [EST] | applies to Massachusetts