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Can an employer pay fulltime employees with same hire date different vacation benefits?
An employer is paying some fulltime employees two weeks vscation while others three weeks paid vacation. Employees have same job category, same hire date. In addition, one employee is still fulltime, ...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 3, 2010 1:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Laid Off
I am writing on behalf of my son (my son has Asperger's Disorder, a high-end form of Autism). He worked part-time for CVS for 11 months. He had no disciplinary or any other problems at work. Since Jul...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 2, 2010 2:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

How far back can EEOC go to use evidence to support a claim?
can serious examples of discrimination in a workers history with an employer be used to support a claim? Ex. employee was the only one that was not promoted, even though all workers in that job descri...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 26, 2010 09:14 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

can an employer stop granting reasonable accomodations and fire a disabled worker
a man had been working for emp.X for 8 yrs. he had been granted reasonable accomodations for his disability, all of a sudden he was fired for what the reasonable accomodations had at one time covered....
1 answer  |  asked Sep 26, 2010 09:04 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can a State determination be used to support a claim of discrimination?
the state of Florida found that I quit due to intolerable working conditions. They allowed me to receive unemployment benifits. Can this determination be used to support my discrimination claim with t...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 24, 2010 11:09 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Are sign-on bonuses enforceable through the sale of a company?
I was offered a sign-on bonus with a 1-year employment requirement, but 5 months after my hire date, my company was sold. The acquiring company purchased my division in its entirety, so there was no r...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 18, 2010 8:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Is there case law against employers holding back a promotion due to the economy?
Placed #3 on a Law Enforcement promotional Exam. 1 promotion was made in the last 17 months. there is 4 months left on the list before it expires.
1 answer  |  asked Jul 28, 2010 11:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Do I have a chance of proving I left for good reason?
Hello. I'm an engineering who recently left my position because I was forced to ship and sign off on manufactured parts which go into humans that were not to FDA or OSHA endoscopic standards. This mak...
2 answers  |  asked Jul 27, 2010 2:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Devito Restaurant: defamation, slander and discrimination law suit...possible?
I was approached by a superior while in the presence of other employees and told that I smelled like smoke. 3 hours later in front of other employees I was told I was being written up and sent home fo...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 14, 2010 08:30 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

We accrue vacation time based on hours worked, do I get paid for it?
I work in the state of Florida. I accrue vacation time based on hours worked. When I took the job, the vacation time was part of the sales pitch, Now I have 6 weeks of vacation accrued and no way to t...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 8, 2010 3:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida