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Unpaid severence balance and broken agreement
I have a severence agreement for 4 weeks pay. In the agreement it is stipulated that I will be paid in 2-monthly payments of $2791.50 beginning January 1, 2009 and ending February 1, 2009. I received ...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 19, 2009 11:05 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can I be terminated for taking legal action to collect on bounced checks?
I work in Jacksonville, for an Orlando based security company. For three weeks I was issued paychecks, one cashed at a grocery store which was later returned NSF that I had to pay back to avoid prosec...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 17, 2009 2:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Unused Vacation Pay in Arizona
I was recently laid off from my job of 22 months. I have 95.50 hours of unused vacation time that I believe I am owed. Are you familar with Arizona? According to their handbook it says "While unused P...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 14, 2009 1:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Collecting Umployment on Seperation Pay
My company is laying off 8000 employees and is offering a Seperation Plan that pays out 2 weeks for every year plus 8 weeks and any vacation. This is not a lump sum payment so every 2 weeks employees ...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 13, 2009 09:46 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Medical/Dental Benefit Changes for LTD recepients
I've noticed the many responses to acquiring the Benefit SPD and then in finer print the Plan. The latter is much more informative while the Summary is just that - summary and seldomly touches upon al...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 11, 2009 04:05 AM [EST]  |  applies to Massachusetts

fired vs quit
I recently lost my job. My former employer told me that he could no longer afford to pay me and that my position was being eliminated effective immediately and that he would pay me 1 month severance O...
2 answers  |  asked Feb 8, 2009 4:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Eployment contract terminated early by employer
I signed an employment contract with an agency at the beginning of October 2008. Last week I was told by my recruiter that I would be let go in two or three weeks because the project was finnished. It...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 7, 2009 01:09 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

FMLA
Can an employer charge your time off to FMLA after you informed them you chose to use PTO? Is FMLA employee initiated? Thanks
2 answers  |  asked Feb 5, 2009 11:23 AM [EST]  |  applies to Wisconsin

Wrongful termination declared by unemployment office should I seek further legal action?
I was recently terminated from my employer for reasons that I felt were not justifiable, so I claimed unemployment and after hearing my case the unemloyment office ruled in my favor stating exactly th...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 4, 2009 10:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Pregnancy Discrimination
I have been offered a job after interview on 01/31/2009. They ask me to join today at 9:30 AM, when I went there the Director call me in room (while I was filling paper work like W2 etc). She ask me I...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 3, 2009 12:43 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois