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General Labor Law Questions
FAQs- Do I need insurance?
- How do courts decide who is an employee and who is an independent contractor?
- What is the impact of child labor laws?
- Does federal law prohibit certain employment practices?
- Does the law regulate how employees are hired?
- What can't employers ask in interviews?
- My company has an affirmative action plan. How does that affect me?
- I have heard the terms ‘at will’ employees and ‘for cause’ employees. What does this legal jargon mean to me?
- What are some common "causes" for being fired?
- My employer is requiring a personality test of its sales staff. For various reasons, I don't want to participate. Can my boss force me to take the test?
- What action can I take against a wrongful termination?
- My working conditions were intolerable so I quit. Can I challenge my job loss as if I was fired?
- Is my employer required to notify me in advance of my firing?
- When I got hired, I signed a statement that if I left the firm for any reason within the first 18 months, I would reimburse, on a pro-rata basis, the relocation expenses the company paid. Are these agreements enforceable?
- Am I entitled to severance pay after my termination?
- I work part-time for a large, nationally recognized company and they stiffed me on my paycheck: the hours I worked were cut in half. My boss told me they didn't have enough money to pay me, but would make it up the next week. What are my rights?
- Can I get unemployment insurance after my termination?
- Can an employer fire a worker that refuses to work on his scheduled day off? My boss said my refusal is an act of insubordination.
- Can I lose my health insurance after I'm fired or quit?
- How does the national labor relations act govern union activities?
- How do you unionize a workplace?
- Do I have to join a union?
- How do you de-unionize a workplace?
- Some states have right-to-work laws. What are they and what is their impact on me?
- What happens when a union goes on strike?
- What is sexual harassment in the workplace?
- What happens if I get hurt on the job?
- I am an employer. What can I do to plug unauthorized disclosure of sensitive company information when an employee departs?
- I'm a manager of a shoe department at a nationally recognized department store. I recently told a current department store salesman who was off the clock to stop chatting with his colleagues in my department who were working. The employee threatened to sue me on the grounds that I could not tell him what to do while off the clock. Was the employee right?
- I am being denied a promotion because I don't have a college degree. Can my boss do that?
- What are my rights on taking lunch?
- Can my boss dictate -whenever the mood strikes him - when his workers take a break?
- My former employer refuses to pay me for my last two weeks of work, though he agreed that he owes. I gave a 2-week notice, but could work only 1 of the 2 weeks, because my mom died unexpectedly in another state. When I returned from the funeral to pick up my final paycheck, my boss balked at paying, telling me he was just about to fire me when I resigned. What steps can I take against him to get my back wages?
- Can a company insist that its non-exempt employees take paid time off rather than cash for working overtime?
- I own a very trendy restaurant in a large metropolitan area and unfortunately customers skip out on their checks. Can I deduct from the waitress's salary the money owed by a fleeing customer?
- At the end of my shift in the evening, I close the store, do the accounting, and deposit the receipts in the atm. All this takes an extra 30-60 minutes tacked on to the end of my 12-9 pm work shift. Am I entitled to be paid for the extra time?
- Who do I appeal to in order to get my profit sharing money from my former employer? I have followed all the steps but nothing is forthcoming?
- I worked 38 hours, monday through thursday, but took friday off as a sick day (8 hours). Can I get overtime?
- What is employment law?
- What are the basic terms used to describe the labor relationship?
- What is the difference between an independent contractor and an employee?
- Can I borrow money from my retirement plan?
- I am 55 and plan on retiring in two years. Can I receive my benefits then or do I have to wait until I am 65?
- How do I get a copy of the summary booklet?
- What happens to my pension money if leave work and take another job?
- Can I leave my pension to my spouse or to my child?
- How do I know how my pension plan operates and what my pension rights are?
- How do I know if my pension is being managed properly?
- What does "vesting" mean?
- Are pension plans insured?
- What benefits are typically available under workers' compensation?
- What should I do if I am injured on the job?
- Is a business required to provide medical, life and similar insurance coverages for its employees?
- A rather unusual and distributing situation has risen at work. In order to access our computers, the company plans to install fingerprinting machines in order for its employees to log in. If I refuse, I run the risk of losing my job. Is this legal?
- I'm an employee at will whose firm pays once a month, on the 25th. This month the company failed to meet payroll. Is this considered a breach of employment? Should I consider myself terminated and not bother appearing for work?
- I am leaving my company where I have vested 400 stock options at $15 a piece. Though we are not publicly traded, our stocks are selling to private investors at $30. If I buy my shares ($6k total), would my company be obligated to buy those buy at $30 each? Could I bargain and sell them back for less than $30 each? Do they have any legal obligations to buy them back if I do not want them and at what price (current market)? Or would I have to wait until they are a publicly held company?
- WHEN DO I NEED AGREEMENTS WITH EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS (SOMETIMES CALLED ‘slas’)?
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Wrongful termination
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