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non-compete hair salon agreement
I obtained employment at a local hair salon chain in 2007. When I first began employment, I had to sign an employment contract that included a non-compete clause stating I could not work within 7 air ...
1 answer | asked May 5, 2009 08:34 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Severance Pay Negotiation
My husband has worked for his company since 1989. 6 years ago he left the company and was rehired and reinstated for all benefits. When he returned, the company gave him a letter stating that his adju...
1 answer | asked May 4, 2009 09:57 AM [EST] | applies to Kansas
Have a non compete agreement issue, can you help?
I worked at a Baseball/Softball training facility for 3 years. I had to sign a non compete. The form stated that if after quitting or fired I can not do the same style of work for 1 year or 18m in a 5...
1 answer | asked May 3, 2009 11:46 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Non-Compete as an independent distributor
Will non-compete hold up, if I did not sign anything regarding the bonus program? I signed an independent distributor agreement in California with a Company from Cleveland, Ohio 23 years ago. It says ...
1 answer | asked May 2, 2009 2:56 PM [EST] | applies to California
Non-compete agreement
I have accepted a position with a company and given notice to my employer. My current employer sells products, my new employer rents different products (but some are the same as my current employer se...
1 answer | asked Apr 29, 2009 3:39 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Age discrimination in lay off selection?
I was recently laid off after 12 years of service. The reason given to me was "cost cutting", the company did lay off other directors and senior directors. I was senior manager. On the explanation giv...
1 answer | asked Apr 23, 2009 3:03 PM [EST] | applies to California
Allocation of Severance pay
I am receiving Severance Pay from my employer over a period of weeks. I am being denied unemployment benefits because of the severance pay. When I questioned the Unemployment office the said that my e...
1 answer | asked Apr 22, 2009 7:36 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Wrongful termimation
Hello I have bartended on Sundays at a bar in PA for the past seven years. I have never called out or had a complaint made about me that I am aware of. This bar has been owned by several people over t...
2 answers | asked Apr 21, 2009 2:44 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Required Rest Period - Adult
Does Ohio have a law or laws that require a rest period for a given number of hours worked for adults? For example, 15 minutes for every four hours worked.
1 answer | asked Apr 20, 2009 6:45 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
non-compete
I worked in sales for a moving company. My first day of work, they had me sign a non-compete. I never knew anything about it beforehand. I have since been laid off and am trying to get other employmen...
1 answer | asked Apr 20, 2009 11:25 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania