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Exemption Status at Risk
If an employer instructs an exempt employee to take five days off without pay as a company cost savings initiative, then fails to instruct the employee's to leave their Blackberry's and laptop's at th...
1 answer  |  asked May 24, 2010 12:11 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Do I have a chance to fight this?
I was a salaried employee. Without warning or reason, my pay was cut about $12,000. I was cut from salary and put on hourly. I also went from a full-time position to a part time position, working 25 -...
1 answer  |  asked May 13, 2010 7:08 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Do I have to disclose a dimissed charge of battery to a CA governing licensure board?
I was charged with battery. The result of my case was a plea in which I received pretrial diversion. I have completed my pretrial diversion and my case has been dismissed. However, due to the nature o...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 26, 2010 7:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Is it an Ohio Law to have a section in your policy and procedure manual about sexual harrassment?
I am an HR person for a large company. I have presented my boss with a policy on sexual harrassment and she does not want to enforce it. I am afraid I am going to liable for any sexual harrassment tha...
2 answers  |  asked Apr 26, 2010 10:43 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

How do I know I am a full-time employee?
My employer has me as a part-time employee yet for the past year I have been working forty-hours a week. Yet since I am a part-time employee I do not get the benefits of a full-time employee such as v...
2 answers  |  asked Apr 13, 2010 07:30 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Does my employee have to provide me with a final pay stub if i am unable to get it on-line?
We no longer recieve paper paychecks or stubs and must look at them or print them from the on-line HR site. i was terminated and do not have access to the on-line service any longer. I want to see my ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 7, 2010 10:02 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

do i have a case?
i informed my boss of several safety violation in the work place. he still did not fix them. i reported him to osha and osha told him to fix them. he took certain pics and led them to believe that he ...
2 answers  |  asked Apr 6, 2010 7:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Is it legal for my employer to change commision structure without telling sales people?
I worked as a car salesman at a local dealer for 9 years. Over the last 3 years i noticed my commisions were going down. I was told by an office employee that our "pack" was raised, when i asked for a...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 25, 2010 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Entiltled to Holiday pay or paid time off as stated in employee handbook?
I am a full time employee at Citigroup (40 hours per week). In the employee handbook it states: "Citi provides 10 paid holidays to eligible employees. Some paid holiday time may be granted as a floati...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 17, 2010 08:43 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

I took on an additional 40 hr job while still doing mine with no extra pay increase
Recently the other office girl quit and I was assigned her complete job title along with mine. No extra payment compensation was given so I now do 80 hours of work in a 40 hour workweek. I also am not...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 13, 2010 3:51 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio