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Separation Agreement
I was recently terminated due to a merger. I am 44 years old and was emplyed for 13y 9m. I have been offered a Special Seperation Plan (SSP) (ERISA plan - 10 pages); an addedum to the SSP providing AD...
2 answers | asked Sep 23, 2003 2:34 PM [EST] | applies to California
Can they hold my paychecks?
I quite my job at the UNNAMED store on Tuesday, September 9,2003 Payday is every Friday. Today, September 22,2003 I went into the store and was told by the store manager that she was given strict orde...
1 answer | asked Sep 23, 2003 12:05 AM [EST] | applies to Texas
Employer refuses to correct payroll error from 2002
I have been trying for over a year to get my employer - a consulting company - to pay me for a payroll "error" that occurred in April 2002. The "error" (erroneous interpretation of a change in compens...
1 answer | asked Sep 21, 2003 7:26 PM [EST] | applies to Massachusetts
required to work 52 hrs or be fired
A female friend of mine recently refused to work over 52 hrs a week, several other people in the finanical department are on medical leave because of heart attacks and long working hours and she feels...
1 answer | asked Sep 20, 2003 11:03 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Can my employer give my job away while I'm on FMLA?
Is it legal for an employer to demote an employee who is on an FMLA-covered short-term-disability?
1 answer | asked Sep 19, 2003 9:31 PM [EST] | applies to Oregon
Non-Compete Agreement
Relate to Non-Compete Agreement I am employee for company A, which has placed me for company B thro a contract position. But Company B has put me for actual work at Company C who is a client of Compan...
1 answer | asked Sep 19, 2003 4:12 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Employee misclassified as Independent Contractor
I was hired by a company to work as an employee in their IT department as a Web Developer. After almost 2 years of employment I was switched to independent contractor status and allowed to work from h...
1 answer | asked Sep 19, 2003 1:59 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
verbal abuse and disrespect do we have to put up with it ?????
is intentional infliction of emotional distress a fancy way of sayin a rude disrespectful verbally abusive supervisor ? and is it a proper term to file suit in NY ? if so and he has done this to many ...
1 answer | asked Sep 18, 2003 6:41 PM [EST] | applies to New York
do i have any legal rights to sue my employer or union
ok after reading all of your answers i understand that hostile work enviroment dosent actually cover a verbally abusive rude disrespectful supervisor but my question is this i filed a complaint with h...
1 answer | asked Sep 18, 2003 5:39 PM [EST] | applies to New York
non compete for North Carolina
At hire I signed a non compete which stated nothing about my terms of employment. Ten months later my employer wants to reduce my base pay. If I quit or if I am fired for not accecpting the reduction ...
1 answer | asked Sep 18, 2003 4:31 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina