We recently had an employee submit a request for a day off so she could go to a wedding in New York that her 2 grown (meaning out of high school) children were in. The wedding was just this past weekend. The request was denied because that would have left the business extrememly short staffed......
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Basic needs in MichiganTue, 18 Mar 2008 08:33:00 GMTOur building has been without running water for 2 days now. We are in a small stip with 4 offices in it and yesterday the well pressure pump exploded and left us with out water for the restrooms. This is not the first time we have been more than a day with out water, about a month ago, the pipes......
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Is It Legal to Keep Employee Promotions SecretThu, 08 Jan 2009 17:20:00 GMTMy question involves labor and employment law for the state of: PA My wife feels that she's been discriminated at the workplace. She belongs to a protected race and national origin. Her peer was promoted last year but the promotion was hidden from her (org charts weren't updated, no email,no......
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Religious Descrimination?Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:45:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?AZ My company uses a rotating Saturaday work schedule. Usually if you were scheduled to work and didn't want to, you could ask someone else to work and that was that. Enter the Religion. Some of the employees are Seventh Day......
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Laid off while 5 1/2 months pregnant FloridaThu, 03 Jan 2008 11:54:00 GMTI have been working for a company (more than 40 employees) a few days short of one year. I was laid off today due to poor market conditions. They told me that they based their decision on seniority in the company and not performance. I was not the last person hired with the company. I have never......
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fired are denied unemployment New York longTue, 27 Jun 2006 18:27:00 GMTI was working as a security guard basically taking beer from underage people for almost 2 years along with other duties. One day doing my job I call a supervisor for help to the scene that was getting nasty which is proper procedure. One of the youths say "Supervisors name said its OK to......
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Call back notice time?- PennsylvaniaMon, 30 Oct 2006 16:16:00 GMTAn employee is laid off from employer for 1 month. How long or how much notice is employer required to give to employee for call back to work? Zero time? 12 hours? 24 hours? 48 hours? Thank you, and if you can show me prove of your anwser I'd appreciate it....
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Can employer deduct overpaid travel expenses from paychecks?Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:30:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Pennsylvania If an employer reimburses an employee for travel and expenses within the employee's paycheck (not as taxable wages but as an "Other" category, say, for car rental, hotel expenses), and later wants to either deny the allowance of the already......
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Accepting then rejecting a job offerFri, 08 Dec 2006 14:30:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Maryland Is there any legal obligation from signing an offer letter? Is it legal to sign an acceptance letter and then withdraw later before the start date? Thank you....
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overtime cap - OhioWed, 14 Mar 2007 11:02:00 GMTHi everyone. I just have a question w.my companys overtime. I'm a union employee at a plastic blow modeling botteling company and our lines run 24/7. In September we went back to just having 3 shifts (previuosly being on a 3/4 work schedule) and the orignal overtime agreement was they could only......
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Fired while on leave in MO MissouriSun, 16 Mar 2008 19:21:00 GMTLast month I was fired from my job while on a medical leave. I was supposed to be back on a Monday but my dr had yet to release me. I called on the Friday before to let her know that the Dr was not going to release me on Monday. Due to an ice storm my dr's office was closed on Monday and I could......
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New York Unemployment AppealSun, 08 Jun 2008 18:14:00 GMTMy question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: New York When writing my statement why I disagree with the ALJ decision, am able to expand on things in the transcript, or just state which lines I feel weren't considered and need to be looked at? Issue is misconduct. Example: if......
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information disclosureMon, 13 Sep 2004 23:25:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state?washington I just want to know what information is legal to disclose between a past employer and a prospective employer? I have a little case of character defamation going on and want to know if it was even legal for my past employer to say anything at all when a......
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bounced & late paychecksWed, 06 Oct 2004 12:14:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Massachusetts Many employees (including myself) at my company are getting their paychecks late; and some have even bounced. The owner always replaces the bounced checks including fees. Although some of the replacements had bounced. He blames the problems on the......
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Accident at work, pay deductions ?Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:10:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Florida I work as a driver for a company. Last week I had my very first car accident. I was NOT issued a ticket, but for the report it was concidered my fault. The car is not drivable. My boss is waiting on the insurance company. Anyway, on Friday I wanted to talk......
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Changing a Vacation Policy in TexasWed, 13 May 2009 14:43:00 GMTMy question involves labor and employment law for the state of: TEXAS. Greetings: I am an employer in Texas who wishes to change our company's vacation/sick leave policy (namely, to reduce the amount offered). This change will apply to all current and future employees. Current employees will......
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New York Mileage Reimbursment QuestionTue, 26 Sep 2006 17:32:00 GMTI have been looking around for the answer to my question and I'm not sure it's here so let me explain. For work I would travel to and from my office and wouldn't expect mileage reimbursment. But for some meetings we would have at another office 120 miles away (so 240 miles Round trip). I would......
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Two Weeks NoticeTue, 19 Sep 2000 07:09:00 GMTI am at wits end with my current employer. I am a finance professional. Though my performance has been more than satisfactory, my manager and I constantly disagree on my hours which were approved with the former manager, and where my responsibilities begin and end (there has been a lot of......
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Sexual/Pregnancy Discrimination?-PennsylvaniaTue, 07 Jun 2005 19:53:00 GMTFirst off, I apologize if I post this under the wrong category--I just found your board this evening. I am finding myself in an increasingly uglier situation with my employer. I am 34 years old, 28 weeks pregnant, working in a warehouse as a Warehouse Specialist--my job has me covering 4 Inbound......
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neverpaidforservicesFri, 18 Mar 2011 13:48:00 GMTI demo products for different companys on 6-10-06 on did demo for company called Quality Marking group-7560 N DelMar Fresno Ca @1-800-355-4756 the store of Demo Linens&Things time spent 5hr @12.00per hr I have never been paid for my service have cotacted six times been given every excuse known...
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Employer collecting tips @ 5% of servers salesFri, 22 Jul 2005 09:21:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?MA Is it legal for a restaurant owner to collect 5% of each servers total sales at the end of each shift to presumably tip the bus people? Do we have to claim those tips too?...
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questionSat, 28 Oct 2006 14:03:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? ky Is this the site where one may post sexual harassment outside the work place......
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Union ratification violationSun, 31 Dec 2006 07:16:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Maryland I am a member of The United Union of Security Guards which has contracts on several Federal Government facilities in Maryland and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Department of Labor recognizes the union as having 9b status. We are currently at the......
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Calling vs OnlineWed, 25 Mar 2009 15:33:00 GMTMy question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: CA Got hired right out of school in Nov 2008 as an engineer and got laid off yesterday. Mine was a standard reduction in force due to the poor economy. i did not quit nor was I fired for performance reasons. Q1 - should I file online or......
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Revisited: termination & vacation payWed, 28 Nov 2001 17:03:00 GMTState: Florida. Company laid off 84 out of 120 employees. No warning. No severance pay. Just the current week and the week that passed. Accrued vacation time was not paid and will not be paid, on the grounds that (quoting the Human Resources): "the company has no money to pay you vacation......
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Personnel fileFri, 18 Mar 2011 13:49:00 GMTHello,The state I live in doesn't give employees the right to view or make copies of our personel files - what do employees do to find out what is being said besides perhaps using a reference checking company?Hello,Tricia...
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Non-Paid Business TripThu, 20 Nov 2008 14:51:00 GMTMy question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Is it legal for a non-paid (working hours)buisness trip to be mandatory?...
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Disability NYWed, 09 Mar 2005 17:35:00 GMTI was out on disability for 12 weeks in upstate NY. I came back to work on 2-28-05, on a part-time basis per my doctor, 24 hrs per week. I had a long talk with the employee health nurse, and she stated that I would need to use vacation time to make up the difference (fine with me). Now today,......
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Returning to work after 4yrs on disabilitySun, 25 Sep 2005 16:16:00 GMT5yrs ago I went off work on disability I was to be off at least a year due to receiving tx for malignant melanoma. I ended up being off longer then intended. 1 yrs into it they called to see if I was ready to come back- I was not. I started back to work 3 yrs ago on a part time basis w/......
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Ohio Sales CommissionsThu, 19 Jan 2006 14:41:00 GMTI worked as a car salesman for a Ford dealership in Northwest Ohio. During the course of my employment, I sold a $155,000 car called the GT. My standard commission was 20% of the gross profit of the sale over cost. Here's where it gets interesting... I sold the car for $210,000 (after tax) which......
I worked as a car salesman for a Ford dealership in Northwest Ohio. During the course of my employment, I sold a $155,000 car called the GT. My standard commission was 20% of the gross profit of the sale over cost. Here's where it gets interesting... I sold the car for $210,000 (after tax) which......
I demo products for different companys on 6-10-06 on did demo for company called Quality Marking group-7560 N DelMar Fresno Ca @1-800-355-4756 the store of Demo Linens&Things time spent 5hr @12.00per hr I have never been paid for my service have cotacted six times been given every excuse known...
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?MA Is it legal for a restaurant owner to collect 5% of each servers total sales at the end of each shift to presumably tip the bus people? Do we have to claim those tips too?...
What is the name of your state? ky Is this the site where one may post sexual harassment outside the work place......
What is the name of your state? Maryland I am a member of The United Union of Security Guards which has contracts on several Federal Government facilities in Maryland and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Department of Labor recognizes the union as having 9b status. We are currently at the......
My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: CA Got hired right out of school in Nov 2008 as an engineer and got laid off yesterday. Mine was a standard reduction in force due to the poor economy. i did not quit nor was I fired for performance reasons. Q1 - should I file online or......
State: Florida. Company laid off 84 out of 120 employees. No warning. No severance pay. Just the current week and the week that passed. Accrued vacation time was not paid and will not be paid, on the grounds that (quoting the Human Resources): "the company has no money to pay you vacation......
Hello,The state I live in doesn't give employees the right to view or make copies of our personel files - what do employees do to find out what is being said besides perhaps using a reference checking company?Hello,Tricia...
My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Is it legal for a non-paid (working hours)buisness trip to be mandatory?...
I was out on disability for 12 weeks in upstate NY. I came back to work on 2-28-05, on a part-time basis per my doctor, 24 hrs per week. I had a long talk with the employee health nurse, and she stated that I would need to use vacation time to make up the difference (fine with me). Now today,......