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Non Payment of Severance
My wife has a severance agreement for six months pay. The company refuses to pay on the agreement. In Florida is this considered non-payment of wages? Can we get attorney fees?
1 answer | asked Apr 18, 2003 12:00 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
not allowed to return to work
i am employed as a contract employee (court attendant) and recently encountered a situation with a co-worker that resulted in my asking the supervisor for a transfer from what i believed a harraring s...
1 answer | asked Apr 18, 2003 11:22 AM [EST] | applies to California
failure to notify about COBRA
I was laid off and my employer failed to notify me of my rights under COBRA (I've just found about it). Now it is too late for me to apply for COBRA benefits. What are my rights here and can I sue the...
2 answers | asked Apr 17, 2003 9:44 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Non-Exempt Overtime while travelling on company business
Non-exempt employees who travel to conferences and who will be working more than 8 hours a day- Can we pay our employees a travel wage instead of their work wage when they travel? IF so, can you give ...
1 answer | asked Apr 16, 2003 2:47 PM [EST] | applies to California
Question about racial slurs in the workplace
My question involves other employees' use of racial slurs in the work place. I work at a widely known bank who, I'm sure has policies against this type of behaviour. Yesterday, employee A, says someth...
1 answer | asked Apr 16, 2003 2:46 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Parent Co. Non-Compete Applicable to Wholey Owned Sub?
My former employer, Company A, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Company B. My former employer is a software company that sells it's applications to the financial industry. I worked in business developm...
1 answer | asked Apr 16, 2003 2:25 PM [EST] | applies to New York
contingent upon future employment
My husband's position with our local county highway dept was recently eliminated. He was given the explanation that it was "reorganization". There has been a lot of local concern raised to our county ...
1 answer | asked Apr 16, 2003 1:37 PM [EST] | applies to Wisconsin
Manager wants me fired
I have a question concerning a hostile manager. When this person first came to my department two years ago, I was a second shift operations supervisor and had been one for seven years. This man was my...
1 answer | asked Apr 15, 2003 7:50 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Is an offer letter considered a contract?
I have an Amendment to Offer of Employment, signed by a Human Resources Manager that reads, in part, "Based on the employment negotiations for your position, you have been credited with nine years of ...
1 answer | asked Apr 15, 2003 11:29 AM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
should this job be Exempt or Non-Exempt?
My title is "Field Engineer" my duties are: installing, repairing, upgrading, maintaining, and trouble shooting point of sale computer systems. I supervise no one. I am required but compensated for us...
1 answer | asked Apr 15, 2003 12:30 AM [EST] | applies to Indiana