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Exempt employee being paid hourly. Is this legal?
Hello - I am classified as an exempt employee for a professional services firm, computer related. My employer requires me to turn in time sheets for both payroll and billing purposes. If there is a pr...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 5, 2001 09:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Relocated at my expense at company sugestion, now being laid off.
I was pushed into relocating to Jackson,MS at my own expense because my company said they had more work and better buisness there. That was in Oct 2000. I have worked a total of 6 weeks since I have b...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 4, 2001 10:42 AM [EST]  |  applies to Louisiana

Sexual Harassment?
I'm a dept supervisor at a national retail store. Last week I was eating lunch in the break room, reading the sports page, when three(women) co-workers came in and sat next to me. I then put the paper...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 3, 2001 7:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

WARN Act Violation
A couple of weeks ago, my company laid off myself and 130 others with no notice, just two weeks of severance pay. There were about 400 people in the company. I, and many of my former co-workers wonder...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 3, 2001 5:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Dismissed for conflict in personalities
Can I be terminated due to a conflict of personalities? Yesterday I was dismissed by my employer. I was told that my work was good. He even offered to write me a letter or recommendation. He said his ...
2 answers  |  asked Apr 3, 2001 07:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Is this a case of gender discrmination or am I crazy?
I have worked as a sales rep in Houston for a New York company for 3 years. I recently resigned because I felt I was being discrminated against. The company who will remaing nameless, hired a less exp...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 3, 2001 12:27 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Company owner sexually harasses and discriminates
I work for a small company where the owner sexually harasses the females in the office by staring, touching, etc. No one that is currently employed there will bring anything to his attention for fear ...
4 answers  |  asked Apr 2, 2001 5:14 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Company owner sexually harasses and discriminates
I work for a small company where the owner sexually harasses the females in the office by staring, touching, etc. No one that is currently employed there will bring anything to his attention for fear ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 2, 2001 5:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Equal Pay for Equal Work
I am one of four VP's in my company charged with identical responsibilities and duties: Q: Is it legal for each of us to have a different base pay and one of the four of us to have a seperate bonus st...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 2, 2001 2:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

violation of equal pay laws? (woman making more than men)
for the last 8 months I have worked at an assited living home where I am one of three male certified nurses assistants I have recently discovered that ALL certified female CNAs are making $8.00/hour w...
2 answers  |  asked Apr 2, 2001 05:29 AM [EST]  |  applies to Idaho