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SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
I signed a severance agreement in exchange for nine weeks of pay. The company paid me 4 weeks of pay and stopped. The agreement states when severance pay either in full or part is denied, I should get...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 3, 2003 3:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Changing employment
Hi : I informed my company sometime in middle of oct 2003 that i will not work for them from nov 15th ..Then they stopped my oct 2003 salary which was due on Nov 1st and also they never added my new b...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 3, 2003 10:29 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Discrimination case wrongly dismissed by EEOC
I filed a discrimination case with the EEOC. It was dismissed. The written admittance of discrimination is clear but was ignored. The extensive evidence does not corrulate with the dismissal. I have a...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 2, 2003 12:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Reversal of Bonus on Last Paycheck
My final paycheck dated 10/16/2003 reflected $1.00 and included the following note from the owner/employer: As you know you were paid in good faith 2 bonuses for August. Your individual bonus was real...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 2, 2003 12:04 AM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

Unintentional bounced payroll check to an employee
I'm with a small business in Pennsylvania. One of our employee's payroll checks bounced and they are suing us. The funds were available that day, but in a small window of misopportunity, they couldn't...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 1, 2003 12:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Would like to sue and collect commissions on loans I should have closed.
I recently put in three weeks notice to my company where I worked as a loan officer. I made 50% of the commissions on closed loans. My boss then fired me immediately so that he could close the loans a...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 30, 2003 7:57 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Commissions lost by employer account mgmt
I was employed as a commission-only salesperson. The constant stealing of accounts by the employer caused me thousands of dollars in lost commissions. Examples - account moved to other salesperson aft...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 27, 2003 05:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

unpaid salary
Hi : My previous employer stopped my salary for oct 2003 which is due on Nov 1st 2003 ..When i sent him 3-4 emails about salary ..he is mentioned he will pay me only when the client pays him and need ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 25, 2003 4:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

denied severance
I was terminated because of a reduction in work force from a large company (company "a"). They have a written severance policy. I accepted a job with a different company that purchased one of the comp...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 25, 2003 12:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Docking a full day's pay from exempt employees
My question is: Can exempt employees be docked a full day's pay? I've taken an employment law class and I understood an exempt employee could not be docked at all or it would erode their salaried stat...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 25, 2003 08:43 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York