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cut in pay legal without notice
I am a auto technician and recently my pay was cut from $19/hr to $18.63 due to recent experation of my certifications. Is the company allowed to do this? I am scheduled to take the tests in Nov. Othe...
1 answer | asked Oct 25, 2003 9:14 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Non Compete with No End in Sight
(consultation would have to happen rather quickly, like Monday morning! Job came up very quickly, interviewed quickly, etc). I am a computer profesional that signed a non-compete/confidentiality agree...
1 answer | asked Oct 24, 2003 6:33 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Termination to Avoid Commissions - Sr. Mgmt.
Mel - I was recently terminated by a small company to avoid payment of commissions due in November. I am wondering if you know any good attorneys in the Northern Virginia area that might be able to he...
1 answer | asked Oct 24, 2003 1:45 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
Brief as I could be, Help me in Texas.
I've worked for my last boss for 5 yrs, the first 3yrs with no problems, promotions, annual increases, etc. When my company migrated all the business ofc's to one central location, he brought me over ...
1 answer | asked Oct 23, 2003 9:25 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
FMLA Statue of Limitation for Filing in Federal Civil Court
What is the statue of limitations to file a civil suit against an employer who lowers a yearly performance award amount because I invoked FMLA and was out for a few weeks in the past year? I hoped the...
1 answer | asked Oct 22, 2003 3:41 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
What type of work ethics is this???
Recently I have been having some problems at work and I had a few questions I would really like answered. Ive been working for this company 3 years now. When I started working I was in our Tokyo offic...
1 answer | asked Oct 22, 2003 01:48 AM [EST] | applies to California
Full Time Offer at Consulting Client
I am a consultant of company A (based in CA) working for a client. I have worked for the client in IN through another consulting company B (based in CA). Client doesn't know about A. After that projec...
1 answer | asked Oct 22, 2003 12:43 AM [EST] | applies to New York
they asked me if I told the boss why i had resigned, i said no... cause i didnot trust him, either
My reason for recently resigning from my job was do to Harrassment by my coworkers and I believe ... reverse discrimination of my employer/boss. I had noticed sept. 9 that certain employees had begun ...
1 answer | asked Oct 21, 2003 6:44 PM [EST] | applies to California
Exempt Employee hours and timesheets
If you are an exempt employee how many hours can an employer require you to work? Do non-profit agencies have different exempt laws then for profit businesses?
1 answer | asked Oct 20, 2003 10:14 PM [EST] | applies to Wisconsin
My right to used company policy to protect me was violated
I filed 3 to5 harrassment compliants and i was giving a directive to only talk 1 person about it and where the harrassment policy states a list of staff members allowed and plus a open door policy alo...
1 answer | asked Oct 20, 2003 06:41 AM [EST] | applies to Arizona