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demanding that severance be returned
My wife was recently laid off. As part of the process she signed a severance aggreement/ contract and recieved her severance. A couple weeks later she was offered another position within the same comp...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 29, 2002 4:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Fraudulent representation
An employer represented to me in the job interview that pre-qualified appointments would be made for me. I had to go in and consult/sell. Many of the appointments were not in fact qualified. *** Sever...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 29, 2002 4:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Forced to face insults and harrassment without pay
I worked for a company through a staffing firm. I was hired as a sales rep. I performed exceptionally. The company had terrible customer service policies and I continually got cussed at by customers a...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 29, 2002 09:53 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Severance & Stay On Bonus
During July 2001 our mfg. facility was closed & all employees laid off. We received at the time a letter which said they were going to exit the fabricated strainer business. A group of key employees g...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 28, 2002 09:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Is an Employee Agreement a Contract?
My current employer is now asking me to sign an "Associate Agreement" that covers agreements such as confidentiality and non-compete topics if I leave. It also asks me to agree that "nothing contained...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 23, 2002 7:08 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

employment at will when the employee quits
Most questions about at-will employment talk about firing people. My question is about quitting. I just quit my job this morning. In the contract I signed last spring, it states that I have to give on...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 22, 2002 11:03 AM [EST]  |  applies to Vermont

Same job description w/different job title, less pay, and less benefits
Can an employer hire 2 people to do the same job but have them classified differently where one employee would receive less pay and less benefits?
1 answer  |  asked Jan 21, 2002 12:36 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Freedom of speech
How can you prove that your freedom of speech has been violated?
1 answer  |  asked Jan 19, 2002 3:13 PM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

contracts, Pennsylvania
Reading, PA. I about to sign a contract. Does the following terminology from the termination section of the contract mean that I have to stay the full time even in an "at will" state? 'Termination by ...
5 answers  |  asked Jan 18, 2002 12:27 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Contract language for terminating the agreement
Reading, PA. I about to sign a contract. Does the following terminology from the termination section of the contract mean that I have to stay the full time even in an "at will" state? 'Termination by ...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 18, 2002 12:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania