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part-time employee rights
Is it legal for a classified part-time employee to repeatedly work fulltime hours without being given fulltime benefits?
1 answer  |  asked Oct 2, 2002 9:50 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

A friend starts selling services you have sold can I give unpaid advice?
I recently left a company that I had a Non-compete and a severance contract. I have a friend that owns a business and the services I used to sell are vertical to his marketplace. If he asks me questio...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 2, 2002 5:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Can I still file a claim and win?
what is the statute of limitations for filing a claim against a former employer? 2.5 years ago I worked for a company in NYC. 2 years into my employment new management was brought in. The new manager ...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 1, 2002 4:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

laid-off and then fired
I volunteered for a permanent layoff around August 16,2002. My job was to pay me 26 weeks of sub-pay and I also would receive unemployment pay. My last day of work was to be Sept. 13. I called into wo...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 30, 2002 11:00 AM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

non-compete valid after termination?
My employment was recently terminated by a local printer. I was terminated because "they no longer needed my services". At the beginning of my employment there I signed a 1 year non-compete clause. I ...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 28, 2002 12:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

Required Overtime
Is there a limit to the amount of over time an employer can require from and employee without penalizing the employee for refusing to work excessive overtime.
1 answer  |  asked Sep 27, 2002 3:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

overtime pay for exempt people
I work for a food service contractor in a management capicity. I have supervisors that are paid various hourly rates. They are paid time and a half for overtime. We basically do the same work I do act...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 27, 2002 12:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Estimate legal fees for fighting non compete agreement
I am an executive recruiter. I have a client in Boston and a candidate in Boston. The candidate has a non compete agreement that prevents her from working for a competitor for 18 months after she left...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 26, 2002 6:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

non-compete is the geographic region to large?
I signed a non-compete with a former employer that fired me for theft. I did not steal anything but I did upgrade a clients equipment at no charge making sure there was well over 60% profit in the dea...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 24, 2002 4:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Want to file a claim against former employeer.
I quitted work after 8 days of work because of my former employeer doesn't want to pay over time fee. My work hour supposed to be mon ~ fri and 9 am to 6 pm(8 hours a day). However, he always wanted m...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 23, 2002 9:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to California