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Can an employer hold your pension savings plan after you have been terminated?
I was terminated from my job of 26 years on Nov.7 2000. I asked for my pension-savings plan to be released so I could turn it over to my financial advisor. I was told there was a block on all the empl...
1 answer  |  asked May 9, 2001 11:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Help! I think I've been blacklisted. . .
I was terminated from a past employer under dubious circumstances. To make a long story as short as possible, it was necessary for me to utilize a sick day to visit a hospital -- I was having severe c...
1 answer  |  asked May 9, 2001 1:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Is sick leave the same as FMLA?
I was out sick for 5 days with Flu and Strep Throat. My employee benefits include short term disablity benefits with full pay. My employer sent FMLA forms home for me to fill out. They indicated I has...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 27, 2001 11:18 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Am I exempt from overtime requirements?
I will be working for an Illinois seven attorney law firm as a law clerk this summer. I will be paid hourly, based on the number of hours I work each week, no set weekly or monthly salary. I was surpr...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 25, 2001 12:33 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Company missed payroll.
What can I do to collect wages owed to me? Last week the President of our firm, in a conference call two days before pay day, told all salaried employees of our firm that he was not going to pay us fo...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 25, 2001 11:15 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

severance compensation for commissioned salespeople
I am being offered a severance package for my 18 years of service based on my salary alone. A bulk of my income came from commission. This is not being reflected in my benefits package. Do I have any ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 24, 2001 7:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

minor info
Is it illegal to ask a minor their age?
1 answer  |  asked Apr 24, 2001 3:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to Wisconsin

Personal Insurance Verification
A company is requesting a copy of each employees personal auto insurance information for those employees that regularly drive for company business. Most of the employees do not have driving positions ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 24, 2001 2:45 PM [EST]  |  applies to Wisconsin

Foreign state non-compete
During the course of my previous employment, I signed two mid-term non-compete agreements (each on the occasion of round of VC financing). The company I worked for is in Massachussets. I was a residen...
3 answers  |  asked Apr 22, 2001 4:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

I had a stroke..and I was fired
I wanna know if, it was right for my employer to fire me....I had a "stroke back in Jan.28, 2001...The last day I worked was Jan.26, 2001..I am still under doctor's care for the stroke..I was out of w...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 20, 2001 10:54 AM [EST]  |  applies to Georgia