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Child with disability and reduced work schedule
I have a 5 year old autistic child who does not speak, feed herself, dress herself, not toilet trained and displays destructive behavior. It is difficult for me to find someone to care for her while I...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 25, 2008 11:00 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Unemployment and Forced Resignation
I'm an hourly employee at a large corporation and received a negative review for "poor judgment". Whether fair or not, I have been given the option of 1) signing a voluntary termination agreement waiv...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 23, 2008 6:21 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Severance pay after declining relocation of current job?
There is a good possibility that my employer (a major regional bank) will close our local office in a reorganization and ask me to relocate my current job to a bank office in another state. I do not h...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 22, 2008 10:36 PM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

Stolen Confidential Information
I am being sued by my former employer for using "stolen confidential information" to solicit business from their clients. The client in question was also sued but subsequently dismissed. The client di...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 20, 2008 4:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Severance And Final Wage Payment Dute Date
I have s Separation and Release Agreement from a New Jersey corporation which has following paragraphs: 1. Termination Date. Employee acknowledges that his employment with the Company will terminate A...
2 answers  |  asked Jul 18, 2008 1:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Can I work at all....
My non-compete states I cannot work in my field for two years upon separation. Can a non-compete prevent me from working in my field?
1 answer  |  asked Jul 15, 2008 11:56 AM [EST]  |  applies to Maryland

Overtime
I work for a bank and became a salaried employee when I became one of the managers in the branch. I have never had any employee report to me, and my job description is sales, non-commissioned. I am re...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 12, 2008 3:48 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

assaulted then fired
While replacing a broken exit sign as my supervisor instructed me to do I was physically assaulted and battered by another employee by throwing me from a 4' plywood cabnet I was standing on to the con...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 9, 2008 7:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Being penalized for not signing or being aware of a non-compete contract
I work for a physical threap clinic and am currently being bound to a non-compete contract that I did not sign nor even knew about until I turned in my letter of resignation. The company that I curren...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 9, 2008 02:12 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Leaving employer before contract term
I am a foreign employee and working currenlty in USA on H1b. Before coming to USA i had signed a service agreement with my employer , according to which if i leave him before a year, i have to pay som...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 7, 2008 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania