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Can my employer advertise my position at work while I am on Disability Leave?
Hello, I was out on a month long disabiltiy leave due to a biopsy that has proven a diagnosed disease. During the time I was home, I noticed on my work blackberry that my position was being advertised...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 11, 2009 9:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Did a co-worker defame me?
I was recently accused by a co-worker of harrassment and that she felt physically threatened by me. She went to human resources who found that her "proof" was not either. But do I have the right to sa...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 11, 2009 3:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

PART TWO OF EMPLOYEER DEDUCTING FROM SECOND CHECK?
I UNDERSTAND THAT YES THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY DID. THERE ARE FIVE EMPLOYEES WHO ALL DO THE CLEANING AS A SECOND JOB. THERE IS ONLY ONE OF US WHO HAS A PAY PLAN FOR THE CLEANING. IT STATES HOUSEKEEPING/M...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 10, 2009 3:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

If no non-compete clause was ever signed, can I still use client info. in new business?
I never signed a non-compete clause. I quit my job and want to start a competing business. I kept clients' names and cities in a daytimer, and client information sheets given to me by the company to c...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 9, 2009 7:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

Do I have a contructive discharge, retaliation, discrimination case?
-Beginning of Oct. new CEO from Dallas, so is not familiar with Houston market -CEO informs all 3 clinical liaisons MUST bring in 20 patients from each territory by end of the month or else... -Never ...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 9, 2009 12:55 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Moonlighting
My job was eliminated (Office Manager) and I was offered another position at 1/2 my salary. I took it and was able to get side work which I told a partner at my office about (who had no problem with i...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 9, 2009 07:08 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

What action can I take against Lowe's for paying my male coworkers more for doing the same exact job
I transferred from one Lowe's to another within the state of NH and was forced to take a pay cut. Now I learned that male coworkers in the same job are being paid more even though I have more skills i...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 9, 2009 06:29 AM [EST]  |  applies to New Hampshire

Can an employer garnish the wages of an employee who was working when a restaurant was robbed?
My brother-in-law was a manager at a restaurant when it was held up at gunpoint. Now, the restaurant owners are trying to say that he is responsible for the stolen money. They are telling him that the...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 8, 2009 6:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

How do I fight unemployment disqualification if it was a voluntary quit?
I worked for employer for 2 1/2 yrs. Began as 1099, then salaried, then the company started suffering financial difficulties & required me to take an Independent Contractor status. I went from a salar...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 8, 2009 4:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Does my employer have to pay me for accrued vacation when I resign?
I resigned from my employer and was expecting to get 9.5 days of pay when I left. Employer has stated to me that I have accrued 9.5 days of paid time off, but their policy is to only pay 5 days. I hav...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 7, 2009 5:19 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York