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Fired as a Bank Associate for being less than $90 over/ 1st time
Unwarranted termination- Do I have any recourse if I believe to have been terminated, not based on racially discriminating practices, but definitely socially biased reasons?
1 answer  |  asked Aug 15, 2002 09:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

do i have some kind of case against my own company?
Dear Mel, I had the most abusive day today, my sales manager, not only verbally abused me with many "F" words, but also slapped evrything off the top of my desk in a rage, and even went as far to aski...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 14, 2002 7:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Servance agreement
My questions is I am getting a servance package and there is a claus about not sueing the company. Can I sign under distress because I do want to sue for discrimination. or do i ask for more money to ...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 14, 2002 6:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

FMLA leave and use of own sick days
Dera Mel, I am a Northeast Ohio school teacher. I recently gave birth to a son four weeks early on July 18. My intentions were to use 30 days sick leave and 6 weeks of upaid FMLA and return to work No...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 14, 2002 3:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

My right to choose where to park my car.
I was legally parked on a public street about a half a block away from my work. Does my employer have the right to suspend me two days w/o pay for parking there? - There reasoning: " It's in the polic...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 14, 2002 2:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

employer discriminated against me during pregnancy and terminated me without just cause
In the early part of 2001 I informed my employer that I was pregnant and due in November. Almost immediatly afterword I suddenly found myself being witten up and placed on warning after warning. All o...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 14, 2002 01:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Sale of company and severance package.
Our company (a sub of big corp) is being sold (stock sale) to another company. We have been offered very good serverance packages should the purchasing company decide they do not want to continue our ...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 13, 2002 12:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Can employer sue employee for at will employment but not in favor of employee for 2 weeks notice?
Sir, I am a software engineer working in Allentown,PA.My employer has a registered office in OH.I started working in the first week of July.My employer filed my H-1B visa at the same time. I had signe...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 11, 2002 3:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

overtime pay
My employer informed me last October(2001) that my position no longer requires them to pay me overtime. I make no commission, I am no ones supervisor. My position is a parts department counterperson i...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 9, 2002 10:31 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

discrimination - brain tumor
After 20 years at a company my boss of 8 months gave me a horrible review. After the review I told him I knew what he was doing - he wanted his old admin in my seat. 2 days later HR gave me a package ...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 8, 2002 7:38 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

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