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Can my employer cut my residual income form commissions if I am absent due to illness/vacation ect
I am a salaried employee who gets commission on top of a small base. Recently my employer started to deduct my residuals by the days I am absent/late ect. (I am 8 months pregnant, going on leave tomor...
1 answer | asked Jun 3, 2010 08:54 AM [EST] | applies to California
Is this a case of gender/pregnancy discrimination?
I am a Correction Officer at a Prison. The contract between our union and the employer states that: "The employer will make a good faith effort to provide alternative, comparable work and equal pay to...
1 answer | asked Jun 2, 2010 5:07 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Constructive discharge due to hostile work place
I resign from my job last week. To be more realistic I feel as though i was forced to quit on my own. I felt oppressed,and intimated in many different ways . Under my old supervisor management five gi...
2 answers | asked Jun 1, 2010 10:27 PM [EST] | applies to California
Do I have a case for wrongful termination?
I had been friends with a fellow manager during the duration of my employment. Recently, my husband and I split up. When this friend found out, he started to make advances both at work and off work. H...
1 answer | asked Jun 1, 2010 3:19 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
Can my employer make me resign?
I had a simular question but this one is slightly diffrent. I am employed and have been empoled for 10 years, in a company of 20 employees. In december i had to use my my disability insurance for a me...
1 answer | asked Jun 1, 2010 2:07 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
What information is needed to find out if a non-compete agreement would apply to my husband?
My husband was hired by Company #1 in FL, 13 years ago. (He was trained elsewhere.) Company #1 was then bought by Company #2 about 11 years ago, while we were still living in Florida. Somewhere along ...
1 answer | asked Jun 1, 2010 10:58 AM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Can a former employee be prevented from approaching former employer's customers?
If a former employee approaches customers that they used to have regular contact with at the former employer and those customers express the following: they would rather do business with the former em...
1 answer | asked Jun 1, 2010 09:51 AM [EST] | applies to Florida
Do I have any recourse to stop my potential termination?
From October 2008 to June 2009 my performance and work was "above average" according to my manager. This was reported verbally; was an outcome of my 2009 mid-year review; and was further evidenced by ...
2 answers | asked Jun 1, 2010 07:07 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
If I work 10 hours a day am I entitled to 2 hours of overtime for that day?
Normally we work 8 hours a day 5 days a week, but recently we have been working 10 hours days. During the memorial day period we had a paid holiday. The boss said we will not be paid OT for the ten ho...
1 answer | asked Jun 1, 2010 04:17 AM [EST] | applies to Ohio
My ex employer is offering a conditional severance - if a sign a non compete
I'm 56 - got sick - Employer Threw the health insurance premium at me and said this is unacceptbale - wife also got sick. After that down hill - entire staff aware of health issues and we were brunt o...
1 answer | asked May 30, 2010 06:44 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois