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Non-Compete Agreement without a Signature
My foremer employer is claiming I signed a Non-Compete agreement, yet I'm 100% certain I haven't. Is there any legal recourse my former employer can take without a signed copy of the Non-Compete agree...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 9, 2006 07:18 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Signed non compete and was fired 6 months later -
I was hired as an independent contractor last October to work for an insurance brokerage. I signed an employment contract which included a non compete clause. I misplaced the agreement and have reques...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 6, 2006 1:31 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Was I discriminated against based on my Nationality?
My employer went to Italy for a week or two with his family. While there, he had his $24k Rolex watch stolen by some italian men. When he returned, he made jokes around the office for a week or two ab...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 4, 2006 6:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can company sueing me recover money from me?
I am being sued for breach of a non-compete and I already lost my job with the company I am working for until this matter is taken care of. My worry now is if the company that is sueing me can recover...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 4, 2006 05:11 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

What constitutes a comparable offer of employment?
I am in a dispute with a former employer over severance. My employment contract required this employer to pay severance in the event the company was sold, and I was offered and accepted a non-comparab...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 3, 2006 10:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Colorado

Fired, slandered and no money.
I was terminated today and was given the reason that I did not show up for work on Saturday May 27 and Monday May 29 2006 and did not even call in. However, I informed my boss on Thursday the 25th tha...
1 answer  |  asked May 30, 2006 2:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Non-compete
I signed a non-compete clause with my company who contract with hospitals to provide sleep labs. Since I signed that contract under one title the compnay has since changed my title without a new contr...
1 answer  |  asked May 21, 2006 6:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Breach of Contract
I was presented with a notice that my current position was being eliminated and that I would have 2 weeks to find other employment within the company or I would be laid off with a severance. I did fin...
1 answer  |  asked May 21, 2006 04:36 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Verbal & Physical Abuse On Job Site
I work for a new car dealership in NY State. I am in the position where I have authority over the mechanics in the repair shop, but no actual title as manager, etc. I am the dispatcher/service advisor...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 15, 2006 08:57 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Non compete contract for Timeshare sales
I am a licensed Real Estate Agent and was working as a Independant contractor, even tho I was required to go to the store M-F 9-5 , I received a bi weekly "salery" plus commissions. I signed a non com...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 13, 2006 1:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

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