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salary and hourly employees
I work in a department with four other employess. Each of us perform the same job duties, however, three of us have different job titles and are paid salary, while the other two employees are paid hou...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 20, 2004 9:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Reverse Discrimination Lawsuits based on benefits
I am trying to find out about lawsuits stemming from higher paid employees whose benefits are not adequate to provide equal coverage as those who are lower paid. Example would be a corporate disabilit...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 18, 2004 4:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to Kansas

Can I be sued for breach of non-compete?
In late 2002, I began working for a not-for-profit company that publishes websites for various clients, including "Client X". Nearly a year later, I was asked by my employer to sign a Confidentiality ...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 18, 2004 2:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Church Politics
I was terminated from my job of 10 years as a Facility Manager of a rather large Episcopal Church. Every year a new "lay" employee is delegated the task of Buildings and Grounds, of which I am subject...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 18, 2004 04:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Can I quit and receive unemployment?
I have worked for a company for a couple of years and have undergone many troubles: temporary pay cuts, temporary and involuntary pay deferrals that remain unpaid, broken agreements, and doing more th...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 17, 2004 3:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Wage discrepancies based on Education & Experience
We work at a hospital & we recently found out that an employee in our department, who does not meet the educational requirements for the Technologist position (Bachelors Degree + experience), was hire...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 16, 2004 8:42 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

reasonable accommodate
I have lupus & fell & broke my hip at work last August 2003. The fall has exacerbated the illness & my doctor does not want me to work full time any longer. I have inquired about part time, flexible h...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 16, 2004 3:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

defamation/slander
What are my rights? I was hired by a local LTC facility as a RN. During the paperwork orientation, I was told after the 3 hour break that they would not be able to hire me because I had a bad referenc...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 15, 2004 4:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

Non compete HELP
I was hired by a company with whom I had to sign a non compete. They only let me see the page where the signature goes and said if I wanted to work there I had to sign it. I was recently terminated fo...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 14, 2004 1:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

Company Wide Vaction days for 4th July- legal requirment?
Is an employer legally required to give full time employees a specific number of 'company vacation days' ie X-Mas/New Years/4th July every year- or is it up to the companys disgression and on a year l...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 9, 2004 1:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to Georgia