California Questions and Answers
Need legal advice fast. (Please help)
hi; I just got letter from my previous company that laid me off saying that I have overpayment couple thousand dollars. Is it legally possible to keep the money and not returned it since they're the o...
1 answer | asked May 9, 2003 6:20 PM [EST] | applies to California
age discrimination
I am a General Manager with over 30 years of exemplary service to the company. Due to business reduction the company has informed me of my pending termination. I've requested to retain the one GM spot...
2 answers | asked May 4, 2003 01:31 AM [EST] | applies to California
Lay off due to elimination of position
I was laid off because my "position was being eliminated." However, 2 weeks after I left the company, I was told by ex-coworkers that my boss hired someone in my place to perform my same job duties (t...
2 answers | asked May 2, 2003 11:52 AM [EST] | applies to California
At Will termination, due to requesting additional training.
Will try to be brief. I was terminated for asking for more training. I was hired with no previous experience, was told it would take 1 1/2 months to be ready, after 13 days I was given duties that I b...
1 answer | asked Apr 28, 2003 7:09 PM [EST] | applies to California
Soliciting former employer's clients...
I work for a registered investment advisory firm in California, and I'm looking to either go to another firm or start my own firm. Here are the facts: 1) There is NO non-compete or employment agreemen...
1 answer | asked Apr 24, 2003 6:12 PM [EST] | applies to California
Not quite defamation, but........
I was recently laid off from a white-collar technical position. Immediately after, my ex-boss sent a division-wide email (several-hundred recipients) announcing my layoff and adding his "opinion" that...
2 answers | asked Apr 22, 2003 3:43 PM [EST] | applies to California
Unemployment stoped
I have been getting my unemployment for about 5months.and now they want another hearing in person i allready went to the hearing and got a letter and now they are saying i have to repay everything and...
1 answer | asked Apr 21, 2003 5:48 PM [EST] | applies to California
not allowed to return to work
i am employed as a contract employee (court attendant) and recently encountered a situation with a co-worker that resulted in my asking the supervisor for a transfer from what i believed a harraring s...
1 answer | asked Apr 18, 2003 11:22 AM [EST] | applies to California
Non-Exempt Overtime while travelling on company business
Non-exempt employees who travel to conferences and who will be working more than 8 hours a day- Can we pay our employees a travel wage instead of their work wage when they travel? IF so, can you give ...
1 answer | asked Apr 16, 2003 2:47 PM [EST] | applies to California
PLEASE HELP.........Stressed out!!
I was employed by a towing company that contracts will Auto Club, I was told repeatedly to dis-obey the law by overloading a tow truck. I was screamed at repeatedly and was verbally abused by the mana...
2 answers | asked Apr 8, 2003 2:13 PM [EST] | applies to California