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can an employer demad an exept employe o wrk 150 hours in 10 days
as a salaried computer programmer was told today 2 das before vacation that I woul be required twrk 150 in next three weeks. Then reminded them of the vacation time about to start that they had forgot...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 24, 2010 6:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

if i report sexual harassment could i go from 40hrs to 32hrs
i reported sexual harassment to the board of directors and was told it would stop but thereafter i have been harassed since and subjected to hostile work enviroment and i feel like this is constructiv...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 24, 2010 11:45 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

I was discharged from a temporary position for being wrongfuly accused of damaging property.
I was working through a temp agency for a company. I was discharted on August 17, after having worked there since November 2009. I was due to be hired as a full time employee on August 23. I was told ...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 23, 2010 3:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Docked pay due to use of FMLA
I am on approved intermittent FMLA due to my son's disability. Both my supervisor and HR director dislike FMLA and have made working very difficult. Since I am salaried and also exempt from receiving ...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 23, 2010 1:14 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Are sign-on bonuses enforceable through the sale of a company?
I was offered a sign-on bonus with a 1-year employment requirement, but 5 months after my hire date, my company was sold. The acquiring company purchased my division in its entirety, so there was no r...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 18, 2010 8:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Is it legal to pay another person the commissions that I have earned?
I recently had a job where I earned commissions. Our company recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy so alot of changes were made, including forcing us into new positions that do not pay commissio...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 18, 2010 06:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to Georgia

I signed a non compete
with a staffing firm in the Columbus area as a contract employee. I left the company at the end of the contract. I was re-hired as a full time permanent employee 5 months later, but did not sign the n...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 17, 2010 2:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

can my boss tell a fellow employee that i put there name in a sex discrimmination charge
1 answer  |  asked Aug 6, 2010 10:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

proving retaliation
should an employee have to prove they were treated unfairly before they can prove that they were reataliated against by being discharged for engaging in the protected activity of complaining of unfair...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 6, 2010 11:31 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

how will a 401k distribution effect an UN-opened claim
I was laid off last tuesday and on friday had a pre-scheduled meeting to roll over my 401k, to my local bank, into an IRA. The intention was to be able to take a lump sum payment, due to serious econo...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 4, 2010 3:59 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio