Alabama Questions and Answers

harrassment
recently i was informed by one of my employees that another employee was planning on filing a harrassment lawsuit against me personally for alleged "verbal harrassment". I informed this employee to te...
1 answer  |  asked May 17, 2005 12:32 AM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Unjust Termination - Legal Action?
I recently accepted a management position in Huntsville AL (an at-will employment state); it required that I move from Colorado Springs, CO. I moved to Huntsville 5 months ago and have been working ha...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 28, 2005 4:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Points system woes
We work under the points system at my job (15 points and you're fired). The company has a policy not to disclose to anyone the number of points they have accumulated until they recieve a write-up for ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 15, 2005 7:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Does discrimination go both ways?
Recently at my job, A number of Hispanic workers have been hired. We have been advised by supervisors not to refer to them as Mexicans, Guatamalans, etc., because we can be fired for discrimination. W...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 15, 2005 7:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Severance if I leave?
I have worked at the same plant for 20 years, although it has been sold two times. They have historically (and recently) offered their "enhanced severence package" to employees whose jobs have been el...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 1, 2005 08:09 AM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Non-compete while in the process of leaving the firm
I have worked part-time for an IT company for about 3.5 months. The customer is a large U.S. Governemtn agency. I recently received an offer from a firm I interned with last summer. Their client is th...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 9, 2005 01:17 AM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Fired, no reason, maybe discrimination
Fired without cause! Today I was pulled into my manager's office and was told I was being fired. My manager could not give me any other reason than I had some personal issues before Christmas. My husb...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 18, 2005 3:36 PM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

workplace favortism
I work in a family-owned textile mill which employs about 2,200 people. My question about favoritism. I am a white woman age 36 and am bilingual in Spanish. I have 6 1/2 years seniority on my job. A c...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 8, 2004 03:46 AM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Denied Employability
I worked for a technology consulting company. While going through financial difficulty, the owner/president decreed that all staff, effect the payroll lady, would now be on straight commission. I star...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 12, 2001 5:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama

Are these pay and overtime errors legal?
While preparing for taxes this year I found out that somehow I have been withheld for 4 dependents. This is incorrect because I only have 1. A few days later on payday my check was short over $50 in o...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Alabama