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can an employer force you to do the job you did before you got hurt on the job
what if i told that i cant do the job i did before i got hurt and cant lift heavy
1 answer  |  asked Sep 13, 2009 10:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Demotion with no reason given
I was recently told that a Program Coordinator from another of our company offices would be replacing me (I was the Program Coordinator in my office). I was told this decision was because I was going ...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 12, 2009 3:13 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

What happens if the tipped employee doesn't earn the other half of minimum?
I'm a tipped employee that was recently discharged after four years, two as manager then demoted when the bosses daughter came on board. She fired me while her dad was on vacation for events that took...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 11, 2009 8:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Reduction in compensation after non-compete signed
I signed a non-compete in Ohio in 2006. I am a Sales Rep for a company and about half of my weekly income comes from commissions. Recently the company added a new quota on the amount of weekly sales t...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 11, 2009 07:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Returned check? Can the employer make you pay if you were the one that accepted it?
My employer has recently instated a new policy on our acceptance of checks. If the employee accepts a check from a client for goods and services and they don't get a driver's license number and the ch...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 9, 2009 7:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

I terminated an employee based on hearsay
I own a Temporary Staffing Agency in Georgia. I terminated an employee on 07/31/09, based on outside information that this employee was selling applicant's personal identification information to illeg...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 9, 2009 3:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to Georgia

Is it an Equal Pay violation to pay a bonus to one employee and not the other in the same position?
I was hired 2 1/2 years ago in a management position. There are two of us at the location that share the same management title and we have the same job description. When I was hired, I was paid 20% le...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 9, 2009 1:27 PM [EST]  |  applies to Kentucky

Would this be workplace retaliation? Is this protected by the Ohio Whistleblower Law?
I am not sure if I have a case or not, but here is a brief description of events leading up to my unemployment. Myself and former coworkers had many concerns about our boss. I followed facility protoc...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 8, 2009 07:45 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can an employer just withold any amount of wages?
I am over 18 and I work for a well established landscaping company. The company operates in a legal fashion and is very well known. A few weeks ago I was working for the company at a residential accou...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 7, 2009 5:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

should we be paid for all hours operating a dump truck?
our pay does not start until we get to jobsite,which could be anywhere from one half to two and a half hours per day plus the drive home,they do however pay us 1 hour of drive time per day,we drive co...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 5, 2009 3:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio