All Questions and Answers
Enforcing a No Compete Clause / Unpaid Bonus
I was offered and accepted a position in which I was given a signed agreement letter that promised me a set salary and benefits package. In return, 9 days later I agreed to sign a "Covenant Not to Com...
1 answer | asked Nov 2, 2005 11:35 AM [EST] | applies to Texas
Confidentiality and No Solicitation Agreement in CA
I worked at a company for three years as a sales rep. I signed a "confidentiality and no solicitation agreement" when I started working there along with my compensation contract, etc. After three year...
1 answer | asked Oct 27, 2005 11:46 PM [EST] | applies to California
Discrimination?
Hi MEL, 2 years ago I was laid off from company ABC. Now company XYZ, is a vendor for company ABC. XYZ hired me and notified ABC of this in August. My start day with XYZ was Oct 10. On Oct 13, ABC let...
1 answer | asked Oct 27, 2005 02:18 AM [EST] | applies to California
Business Already Existed On The Side
I work in the construction industry, specifically in concrete. Several months ago, I began to manufacture my own line of decorative concrete tables and vases that I have created on my own time using m...
1 answer | asked Oct 26, 2005 8:31 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Unfair treatment and termination
Let me start from the beginning, My husband and I worked for the same company, he was there for 13 years and I was there for 12 years, we helped to buld the company, nobody else there has been there f...
1 answer | asked Oct 26, 2005 5:48 PM [EST] | applies to New York
non-competes when the employer has wronged you
My past employer made everyone sign an extremely vague non-compete (the type of business is not even mentioned). The distance in it is a 30 mile radius, and two years length of time. And the potential...
1 answer | asked Oct 26, 2005 12:24 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
International Non-compete
Hi, I worked for an IT company in New York for 2 years and got transferred to a sister company in The Netherlands. My first contract in New York had a non-compete of 3 years. My new contract in The Ne...
1 answer | asked Oct 26, 2005 11:05 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Wrongful termination
I was fired from my job yesterday because they said that I was not meeting their expectations. They actually fired me b/c of a mistake that occured on Monday night but it had nothing to do with me! Th...
1 answer | asked Oct 26, 2005 10:24 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Sexual Harassment - Gray area?
I was terminated by my large company (50,000 employees) two weeks ago because of a sexual harassment claim filed against me. I was a professional person with 19 years experience. an unblemished record...
1 answer | asked Oct 26, 2005 12:44 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Former employer refuses to provide me a copy of non-compete.
I recently was terminated from my position in wireless sales. Shortly after I was offered a position in sales close to the former employer. My former employer contacted me and informed me of the non-c...
1 answer | asked Oct 25, 2005 11:53 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio