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Can an employer dock pay for monetary errors
My wife is a travel agent and sometimes makes mistakes that could result in her company having to pay a vendor a fee for the mistake. For example, forgetting to cancel a hotel room on time might resul...
2 answers  |  asked Oct 30, 2009 1:36 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Fired for asking about background check?
I work for a temp agency with a long term contract with a medical lab. I started with them Oct 7 and have a contract that specifies At Will employment. Last week they called the lab manager and told h...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 29, 2009 2:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Question about a Non-Compete and Harassment from former employer
Hi and thanks for any help. I filed this under Contracts, but it kind of combines a non-compete and harassment in one big issue. In 2005 my wife signed (against my advice not to) a non-compete which s...
2 answers  |  asked Oct 28, 2009 09:58 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

How can I go to HR about my manager without her retaliating?
I went to the HR manager about my manager’s lack of leadership, fairness in job distribution and exclusion in discussion regarding my job. Now my manger has completely excluded me from the departmen...
3 answers  |  asked Oct 28, 2009 09:23 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Is a non-competition breach clause in an equity agreement enforceable as non-competition agreement?
While I worked for a firm based in AL (I live and worked in NC) I signed and hold an equity agreement. One clause listed as possible breeches is considered competiting against them until the end of th...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 28, 2009 06:33 AM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Does the restoration of position in fmla mean same hours, same duties or can boss change it?
Am about to return to work after maternity leave. asked to change my hours from 9:30 - 5:30 to 7 to 3. two other men in my workgroup have these hours. am the only woman in this group. was called in fo...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 27, 2009 2:53 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Co worker fired 2 days after being named as witness in my retaliation complaint
I had filed a grievance claiming I was being retaliated against for getting union backing for a wage dispute. I was suspsended for 3 days amongst other things. A co-wprker had come forward and told me...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 25, 2009 11:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can a comapany require it's hourly employee to be on call without on-call pay?
I am a Respiratory Therapist working in a home he alth company. I am on call 7 days a week. I receive no compensation for my time,unless I have to go out to go out to visit a patient after working hou...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 24, 2009 08:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

How do I get the money I was supposed to receive for training from a previous employer?
I was supposed to be trained at a restaurant but never was. My trainer ignored me and refused to train me for reasons unbeknownst to me. After three days one of the managers let me go because he thoug...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 23, 2009 7:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can you have a former patient wants to see you again, can they? (non compete)
In my non compete it stated that I cannot "actively persue any of my patients at my new practice (I recently sold my practice and opened another well out of the required 15 mile radius the non compete...
2 answers  |  asked Oct 22, 2009 2:55 PM [EST]  |  applies to California