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Retailiation incidents
Recently I was questioned by the EEOC/Affirmative Action office of where I am employed. The situation was due to an employee who walked out of her job due to sexual and racial slurs by her co-worker. ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 17, 2001 7:31 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Non-Compete Clause within the Severance Package
My husband was given a severance package which included a non-compete clause. He is in radio advertising and the clause states that severance will be revoked if he takes a job in ANY form of advertisi...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 16, 2001 09:21 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

picked on/disrespected by a boss
What can I do to protect myself from harassment. I mean the type that no one talks about: the bullying/being picked on by a boss/him being rude/nasty. When your union reps tell you its between you & h...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 15, 2001 9:59 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Payment of Accrued Wages
With my consent, during several periods over the past two years, my employer, an Indiana restaurant corporation, accrued a substantial portion of my agreed salary because it had cash flow problems. Th...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 15, 2001 05:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

English Only Rule
My midsized company wants to implement an English-Only Rule. This arose from an employee sexually harassing another employee in Spanish and the supervisor was only made aware of it later. Is this grou...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 14, 2001 2:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Is this age discrimination in compensation and eventual lay off?
My dad was layed off due to the company cutting its expenses as a result of the company's poor results. He worked for a publishing company and is the only resource that does graphic arts in the compan...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 13, 2001 9:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Release claim for severance, not previously required, is now required.
My husband has been employed by Honeywell (formerly Allied-Signal)for 17 years and is anticipating being laid off. He is eligible for a severance package; however, he will be required to sign a releas...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 13, 2001 4:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Rights under an employee agreement.
On October 12, 2001, I was terminated after nearly seven years of service from my management position at a medium-sized special machine builder in nearby Michigan. Approximately two years earlier I ha...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 13, 2001 12:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Indiana

Employees forced to attend seminar
I work for a technology consulting firm. Recently my employer has envoked a policy wherein it is mandatory to attend certain company-led training seminars. If we fail to attend we will be charged $50....
1 answer  |  asked Nov 13, 2001 10:42 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

My Sales Manager gets demoted and takes my job.
My question concerns "bumping". I was laid off in a force reduction at my software company. I was a sales rep. My sales manager was demoted and took my job and sales territory (in New York City - the ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 12, 2001 11:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York