Florida Questions and Answers

I'm going out on FMLA for possibly 2 reasons...can I do that?
I am a male nurse (the only one on my unit..rest are female..the other male left too for same reason) and since the arrival of my new, also female (never an issue w prev boss) manager I have been cons...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 6, 2012 09:44 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Am I eligible?
I have been very recently terminated from my previous full-time employer of 3 years because of an accidental firearm discharge (self-inflicted wound) on company property, NOT during regular business h...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 5, 2012 07:33 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Is My Employer in Breach of Contract
From December 2008 until January 2012, I worked for Paul Mitchell the School-Jacksonville, a Beauty School. After having worked for them for over two years I was forced to sign a non compete agreement...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 28, 2012 08:52 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can my employer make me sign a no compete agreement that breaches the terms of my contract
My contract specifically states that within the first three years of my employment I can not work with some of the employers customers. After I left my previous job to join this employer, he made all ...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 25, 2012 9:51 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Do I have a case if terminated almost 3 years ago?
I have worked for a retail company for 15 years as a front end manager. I was pregnant in 2009 and went on FMLA in August 2009 until October 2009. Upon my return, I was given lots of papers to sign wh...
2 answers  |  asked Jul 30, 2012 12:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can I win this case?
I am a black man. I was fired for getting a dui and for testing positive for cocaine on a judicially mandated test. A white co-worker got a dui and was caught with a felony possession of cocaine and p...
2 answers  |  asked Jun 14, 2012 1:05 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Employee Rights in obtaining their personel records.
I've asked my employer for an integral copy of my employee file. My manager responded that some of the records are kept locally, others at corporate headquarters (another state) and others are kept el...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 4, 2012 3:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can an Ex Employer re-establish a document that never existed?
I'm being sued by an ex exployer that is seeking to reestablish a non compete he said I signed the first day I was employed. I never signed one or was ever approached and asked to sign one until my la...
1 answer  |  asked May 26, 2012 09:59 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can an employee call out sick for an indefinite time period?
I have a salaried (Exempt)co-worker who called out sick on a Wednesday. On Thursday he was a no call no show, on Friday he went to the hospital and was subsequently discharged that Sunday. Over the ne...
2 answers  |  asked May 21, 2012 2:54 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

what are my chances of being my contract being upheld?
My former employer could not in time get me transfered somewhere closer to home, i was traveling 175 miles round trip. I got a offer from my current employer who had me sighn a non compete, I have bee...
1 answer  |  asked May 21, 2012 05:38 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida