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Retaliatory Discharge: Effective Notice
On April 21, 2005, I submitted a formal written complaint to my former employer regarding discrimination as covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. On April 28, 2005, I filed charges of discr...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 22, 2005 08:07 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Extending Time-bared Filing Period
What is the standard or exceptions, if any, for extending the filing time-period beyond the "filing period" (180-300 days), to file a claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act? ...what act or acti...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 21, 2005 12:51 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Unfairly treated by another employee
The problem here envolves 3 employee's of a large corporation.(non-union). I'll call them employee A, B and C. Employee A is a supervisor Employee B is a full-time employee with some supervisoring res...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 20, 2005 3:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

When does the 21-days review period begin?
My company has offered me a severance package today 11/18/05 and stated that my last day of employment will be 11/30/05. However, the letter states that I will have 21-days to review the agreement/off...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 18, 2005 8:50 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Overpaid After Quitting
I recently quit a job that direct deposited money into my account. The job has now continually paid me two checks into my account past my employment. My assumption is that the company never filed my l...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 11, 2005 3:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Unfair mandatory overtime
There are two shifts at my job. Can they make one shift work more mandatory overtime than the other?
1 answer  |  asked Nov 9, 2005 1:42 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Does a non-compete carry over if I transfer to a new position within the same company?
I signed a non compete agreement when I hired on in a particular division with my current medical sales company. About one year ago, I was granted a transfer to a different division that sells differe...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 7, 2005 10:59 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Injunction threat
My former employer says he will enforce non compete and initiate an injunction. All this by email. How do i fight an injunction ? what are the due process stages before an injunction can be filed ?
1 answer  |  asked Nov 6, 2005 10:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

FMLA deducted hours for 40 hour disabled employees
My employer recently announced that if any employee who is diabled, and can only work a 40 hour work week, will now have their FMLA hours deducted when OVERTIME is a mandatory requirement. Basically i...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 6, 2005 9:43 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Undeliverable Legal notice
My former employer has recently come to know that I am still working for his client (via another vendor) and has been sending emails that he wishes to aggressively enforce the non compete copying his ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 6, 2005 8:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania