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Non-Compete Length of Service
If I enter into a non-compete agreement with a new employer, is there a typical amount of time that I would need to stay employed by that company in order for it to be binding, enforceable? For instan...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 4, 2003 8:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Overtime exemptions and job setting
I am a "salaried" reporter in a single-person bureau. No labor contract. I receive no overtime. I file timecards and have them all. I am on the same vacation schedule as all hourly reporters. I do not...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 3, 2003 9:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Overtime for salary
When my pay was changed from hourly to salary I was verbally told it would be based on a 45 hour work week but would be paid overtime on a quarterly basis for time work over 45 hours. Over the past fe...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 3, 2003 6:42 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

vacation pay after lay off
My company recently laid off two employees. What are the laws concerning vacation pay in Pennsylvania? Are they entitled to the vacation pay for any vacation that they have not taken? If so, how long ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 3, 2003 12:15 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Never signed a contract
I was laid off from a Pa facility due to downsizing.The corporate office decided to consolidate all operations to one facility in New Hampshire.At the time off lay off, the owner told me that I would ...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 2, 2003 09:33 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Are bankruptcy employee settlement payments taxable?
My company filed Chapter 11, 18 months ago and I have just received a check (settlement)for vacation pay earned 90days prior to filing the bankruptcy petition. Nothing was withheld. Will I be required...
1 answer  |  asked May 30, 2003 3:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Is this non-compete still valid?
I started with my company as a computer consultant in 1999. I was verbally told there wasn't a non-compete to sign the day I was hired. A year later I was asked to sign one in consideration of a salar...
1 answer  |  asked May 29, 2003 4:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

day off denied proved costly!
Last July, I had a an appointment for a mammogram on my day off. I was called at home by my manager saying "my head would roll" unless I canceled the appt. and went into work. I complied. I later foun...
1 answer  |  asked May 29, 2003 3:27 PM [EST]  |  applies to North Carolina

Non-compete & severance
I had worked 10 yrs for a insurance broker. 7 yrs into the job the comapny was acquired - the new company required me to sign a non-compete and paid me $3000 to do so. 3 years later my job was elimina...
1 answer  |  asked May 29, 2003 11:00 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Non Compete Agreement in New York ( IT )
Hi, My question is related to Non Compete agreement in NY with IT industry, Here is background & question I have. I am an employee of company (ABC) & I am working as a consultant at company (XYZ) thro...
1 answer  |  asked May 27, 2003 5:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York