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Affirmative Action Responsibility
I turned in an allegation of abuse that happen against a mentally retarded individual in May '01. Starting in June I have documented multiple instances of harassement by 2 of my supervisiors against m...
1 answer | asked Mar 5, 2002 4:09 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Employment Promotion
I am a Supervisory Special Agent with the Dept. of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, (INS) GS-1811-13. I am highly qualified manager that is having difficulty being promoted within my o...
1 answer | asked Mar 5, 2002 2:43 PM [EST] | applies to California
How long is "temporary lay off" ?
Eight months ago the company I worked for 22 years put me in "temporary layoff". How long can "temporary layoff" last? By not laying me off permanently they avoided paying me severence pay as well as ...
1 answer | asked Mar 4, 2002 09:17 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Corporate Commission Re-structure
My company does a commission re-structure every March (this is not disclosed in my employment agreement but it is common knowledge among sales Reps) that changes the way I am paid. Is it legal for the...
2 answers | asked Mar 4, 2002 02:28 AM [EST] | applies to California
Job Elimination
I have worked for a large corporation in the same department for 12 years. Six months ago, they changed department head and have let people go with severence packages. I'm at the point where my job re...
1 answer | asked Mar 1, 2002 12:47 PM [EST] | applies to New York
severance/ unemployment
My job was recently eliminated and thus I am now unemployed. I was offered a perty standard severance package. The two questions I have are as follows: 1) Should I have an employment lawyer review the...
1 answer | asked Feb 27, 2002 9:48 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Non compete in seperation agreement
I am being fired with out justifiying cause. In the separeation agreemnt there is a non compete clause. Is thsi enforceable?
2 answers | asked Feb 27, 2002 9:06 PM [EST] | applies to California
subsidiary severance smaller than parent corporation severance
I work in California for a subsidiary (LLC) of a large corporation located in Michigan. There have been many layoffs at the Michigan corporate offices and there was a press release stating the nice se...
1 answer | asked Feb 27, 2002 02:11 AM [EST] | applies to California
Non-compete anti-competitive?
I signed a non-compete agreement with my employer, an ad agency, (Agency A) and was later laid off due to economic conditions. The non-compete forbids me from servicing or soliciting former clients fo...
1 answer | asked Feb 26, 2002 1:15 PM [EST] | applies to New York
non-compete / lawsuit
My husband 35 years old had a heart attack on the job due to stress he was not allowed by his boss to collect workman's comp. I opened the same type of business as my husbands former employer of 14 ye...
1 answer | asked Feb 25, 2002 9:26 PM [EST] | applies to Massachusetts