California Questions and Answers

COMPENSATION FOR A PAID HOLIDAY
The company I work for has a policy in place that will not compensate you for a holday unless you average 35 hours a week during the 4 months prior to the holiday. This contnues throughout the year. I...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 29, 2004 6:33 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Unpaid commissions
Ok I work for a cingular agent owned store. We are paid commissions monthly. When I first started we were paid commissions every 2 months but now it is december and we are just now recieveing our augu...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 29, 2004 3:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

severance pay advise
Two of my employees recently told me that they had been offered a better job somewhere else. I told them that I could not match their offer and that I needed to know what they were going to do. They t...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 29, 2004 2:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

fired while on workers comp.
while on workers comp my job fired me saying they eliminated my position, i have worked there for 15 years and my position cannot be eliminated, impossible, someone else is doing my job right now, is ...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 29, 2004 09:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

CA Unemployment & Spouse Relocation
We currently live near Los Angeles, where my husband and myself both live together. I got offered a new job, up north, over 3 hours away. My husband wants to be able to do his job from home (soon to b...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 16, 2004 6:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Privacy?
I was written up and now the company has posted my position on monster.com -I am a supervisor and my associates have seen this online and have asked whats going on and if I am getting fired. -Does thi...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 7, 2004 5:36 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

see above
I worked for a period of 7 months. 2 checks were issued to me in the amount of $8750.00. No funds are available in the account.If I cash the checks they will both bounce. What should I do? I would be ...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 6, 2004 03:09 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Non Compete in CA
I have worked for a company's client worked for company's client for 2 yrs. Now I have got a job offer from client. but i have signed non compete with my company. Can they sue me? Here are the clauses...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 1, 2004 05:06 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

abuse of 'at will employment' clause
The 'employment at will' clause is being abused by the employers these days. I am an engineer. In my last job, my employer wrote explicitly the 'employment at will' clause in the offer letter. After f...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 27, 2004 11:51 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

non-compete dispute
I recently left a company which made me sign a non-compete contract. Before being offered and excepting a job with my current company, I showed them this and they didn't think it was valid. Now my old...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 24, 2004 4:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

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