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tampering with production databases
I recently was asked to resign as I was told that I had introduced a change to one of our production databases. This change caused a lengthy period of downtime on a production application/ I freely ad...
1 answer  |  asked May 18, 2004 01:59 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Unpaid Wages
I was laid-off in February 2003 & my ex-employer still owes me for wages & expenses. I filed my claim with the IL Department of Labor in January 2004 & just received a letter from them indicating that...
2 answers  |  asked May 17, 2004 3:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Non-Compete, IL worker with MD laws
I work for a Comp A insurance company in IL and signed a non-compete clause which follows MD laws. Anyway it advises that I can't work for the same type of company who competes against them currently....
1 answer  |  asked May 14, 2004 8:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Personnel Policy Benefits Being Denied
In my company's written personnel policy that was given to all employees, it states that if there is an involuntary separation due to a reduction in workforce, all full-time employees will be given a ...
1 answer  |  asked May 14, 2004 1:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

Discriminatory/Voluntary Termination
I was recently laid-off from a company and was told that job my job was going to another department. Before I left they hired a temp to do my job and that temp is no longer there but now there is a ne...
1 answer  |  asked May 12, 2004 5:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

NSF paychecks getting to be a habit
My employer (a lawyer) keeps issuing me bad paychecks drawn on his attorney business account. When I take my weekly paycheck to his bank to cash it (I no longer take a chance on depositing it to my ch...
2 answers  |  asked May 8, 2004 2:52 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Terminating an employment contract
I signed a contract for an employment starting in a future date. Due to family reasons I decided not to take up that job and sent them a notice of withdrawal almost 3 months before the start date of t...
1 answer  |  asked May 5, 2004 10:21 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Refusing to pay Commissions
I resently resigned from a company and they are typically months late on paying out commissions. There are 2 issues, one is that they made a mistake on my Q1 commissions and agreed verbally to correct...
1 answer  |  asked May 5, 2004 6:21 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

My company sold to another am I still bound
I signed a noncompete with my company. They where based in South Carolina and I was a remote employee with a home office in Arizona. I reported to another Arizona remote employee. My company was priva...
1 answer  |  asked May 5, 2004 10:46 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

illegal action voids non compete?
A few weeks ago, my company began withholding checks from me. This has gone on for the last three weeks due to collection issues with some of my clients. I am a commision only employee. since that tim...
1 answer  |  asked May 1, 2004 12:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana