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Demoted and Pressured to Quit after insisting on receiving Promised Sales Commissions
I work for a major corporation in the Los Angeles area. In my job as a service technician we have opportunties to receive small commissions for sales referrrals (commissions are generally in the $50-$...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 8, 2002 01:55 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

something stinks in Indiana
My employer is breaking a lot of rules, don't know where to start... 1. Our corporate safety director told me they would fix one of the safety issues "when somebody gets hit". We have a blind spot tha...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 7, 2002 10:19 PM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

age discimination; retaliation; sexual harassment
I filed 5 EEOC complaints against the agency I work for: (1) age discrimination and failure to promote; (2) two retaliation complaints; and (3) two sexual harassment complaints. After filing the first...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 7, 2002 12:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Is there anything we can do to stop this?
I work in small notebook factory and for years they have been laying off by seniority in the company. Now they want to lay off by a point sysyem,how many machines you can operate,I don't think this is...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 7, 2002 08:41 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

WARN ACT
do you know of any lawyers in the Dayton, OH area who would handle a case dealing with the WARN ACT- My husband worked for Consolidated freightways and him and several others workers would like to kno...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 6, 2002 09:41 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

40% owner of a company has backwages that are not being paid
I am a 40% owner of a company. I am owed about 150,000 dollars in salary and commission that was not paid to me as the cashflow was not good. However, we have received a lumpsum payment of 200,000 dol...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 5, 2002 2:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Overpayment of severance pay
I was laid-off in February of 2002 (via Fedex) after working for a company 4 years. The severance package was for two weeks of pay. Since I am over 40, I was given six weeks to sign it. However, befor...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 3, 2002 7:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Is this appropriate for managment?
Does this sound appropriate?transferred from a different city and stopped by the location to check it out,asked the city manager of a good place to live and his remarks were "make sure you stay inside...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 3, 2002 09:12 AM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

Wronfully Terminated and no Union help, Iranian U.S. citizen
My wife is from Iran. She is 47 years old and a U.S. citizen. She was also a Union member. She was fired from her company after two years for using up her occurences alloted for the year. She had been...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 29, 2002 7:52 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Do I have legal recourse?
Upon return to work from FMLA for back surgery, my second day back I was presented with a 30day performance improvement request. The items mentioned in this request also included and stated absenteism...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 29, 2002 12:55 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas