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i have a 6 month non-compete. if i hate my job, then isn't this to my advantage to just quit?
that way, i can emjoy 6 months paid and not have to work and just take soem time off. thanks!
1 answer  |  asked Mar 16, 2010 6:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Could this be retaliation?
I work for a summer camp/retreat center. Last summer I was onsite part of the time (in the role of assist. director), the rest of the time in the office. While onsite I witnessed my boss (the director...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2010 1:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

I took on an additional 40 hr job while still doing mine with no extra pay increase
Recently the other office girl quit and I was assigned her complete job title along with mine. No extra payment compensation was given so I now do 80 hours of work in a 40 hour workweek. I also am not...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 13, 2010 3:51 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

I was terminated for negativity without any disciplinary action or ability to defend myself.
I had made some comments during a training(which I apologized for) in a joking manner that were taken the wrong way and have voiced my concern re: the continuously increasing workload and the followin...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 13, 2010 3:50 PM [EST]  |  applies to Wisconsin

Employer verbally waived their non-compete at a meeting with several attendie and is now retracting.
I am a nurse who brought several patients to my now former employer. During a meeting several nurses called due to having bounced paychecks and wondering if the company was in danger, we asked if we c...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 13, 2010 07:02 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can my employer (school district) refuse to pay me for extra time worked?
I am a school bus driver and my district pays each route driver 4 1/4 hours per school day. However my route and several others take at least 5 hours daily to complete. We put this extra time on our b...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 12, 2010 10:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Is this legal termination?
Requested 2 week leave of absence, possibly becoming medical for panic attacks and stress. Was granted leave by manager. 7 days later received personal belongings from work UPS. Received a text messag...
3 answers  |  asked Mar 11, 2010 9:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Can I be fired after coming back from a FMLA and the boss say things that are not true?
I recently came back from a FMLA and my third week back I was called into the office with two other employees. I carpool with one employee and three hours before the shift was over he was asked to sta...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 11, 2010 8:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

I have laid off on last month. I have received severance package.
1 answer  |  asked Mar 11, 2010 08:37 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

What do i do???
I work as a press operator at a well known gasket company 12 hrs a day. The machine that I was working on begin to have problems such as the die kept getting stuck going in and coming out. When mentio...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 10, 2010 08:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois