California Questions and Answers

Union's lack of assistance in
In Dec. 2004, I won a favorable "make whole" arbitration ruling against a San Francisco Bay Area municipality. Within weeks after the ruling, and prior to my reinstatement, the municipality's and Unio...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 8, 2006 8:20 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Workers Comp Filed and then Blackballed
Hi, I work as a property manager, managing homeowner associations, and was in a car accident on my way home from a meeting one night. I immediatly called my supervisor and left a message on her voice ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 8, 2006 7:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Non-Compete Agreement
Last summer I and two coworkers left our previous employer because he was going to sell his business to some other people. The three of us did not feel comfortable with the sale, so we left the compan...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 6, 2006 2:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

I am not getting paid
In October of this year I was hired as an independent contractor. My pay was supposed to be Net 15 from the date of my invoice. To date, I have not been paid all that is owed to me and they are now la...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 29, 2005 6:33 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

False Pay and Review Promises
I was employed with a company located in Oakland, Ca. for almost two years. After my initial interview with this company, I was asked what salary rate I was seeking by the person interviewing me. I wa...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 12, 2005 10:34 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Is it Discrimination?
I am an asian man, the only one in the business unit, 50 yrs old, have worked for a fortune 10 company for the last 10 years. Last Thursday 12/1 my most recent supervisor gave me my review and said I ...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 8, 2005 10:43 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

The Employer claimed its mistake, not racial discrimination
The employer denied of racial discrimination and the employer claimed that was the mistake on its part; however, the employer agreed to pay very very very small amount of money to the charging party, ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 30, 2005 9:21 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Is this retaliation?
I recently quit my job as a Director of Sales for a Technology company and never signed an NDA (Non-Compete Agreement). I took a position with a partner of my last employer (with the blessings of the ...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 29, 2005 12:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Non-compete agreemnet
I am a Recruiter with a candidate that lives in Texas and is looking to make a career change to Arizona. He is an Engineer and wants to make a move to a competitor in Arizona. The position in Arizona ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 22, 2005 1:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

FMLA deducted hours for 40 hour disabled employees
My employer recently announced that if any employee who is diabled, and can only work a 40 hour work week, will now have their FMLA hours deducted when OVERTIME is a mandatory requirement. Basically i...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 6, 2005 9:43 PM [EST]  |  applies to California