Indiana Questions and Answers
non-compete valid after termination?
My employment was recently terminated by a local printer. I was terminated because "they no longer needed my services". At the beginning of my employment there I signed a 1 year non-compete clause. I ...
1 answer | asked Sep 28, 2002 12:49 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
discrimination
Could a company lower someone's pay because the person has 10 years seniority and their salary is high and the company wants to reevaluate the position and is saying it is not worth the salary of the ...
1 answer | asked Sep 13, 2002 2:35 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
something stinks in Indiana
My employer is breaking a lot of rules, don't know where to start... 1. Our corporate safety director told me they would fix one of the safety issues "when somebody gets hit". We have a blind spot tha...
1 answer | asked Sep 7, 2002 10:19 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Is this appropriate for managment?
Does this sound appropriate?transferred from a different city and stopped by the location to check it out,asked the city manager of a good place to live and his remarks were "make sure you stay inside...
1 answer | asked Sep 3, 2002 09:12 AM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Severance that is not continuation of salary
I was laid off in July 2002 and was offered a severance package that includes an agreement by me to travel to any location specified by my former employer to testify in behalf of them in any action ag...
1 answer | asked Aug 5, 2002 2:32 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
indentured servitude?
I recently left a franchised ballroom dance studio for several reasons; poor pay, little training, poor working conditions with the employer, labor law violations, general feeling of discomfort with b...
1 answer | asked Jun 17, 2002 2:16 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
performance reviews and rankings
Our company now does regularly scheduled employee "rankings" and the bottom 5-10% are fired. These rankings are based on our perfromance reviews. My boss recently turned in a negative performance revi...
1 answer | asked Apr 25, 2002 2:50 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Am I an exempt employee or a retail slave?
I am an assistant retail manager in Indiana. According to my employer, I am paid on a salaried basis with half-time supplemental pay for every hour worked over 40. I punch in and out and only recieve ...
1 answer | asked Mar 9, 2002 10:49 AM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Freedom of speech
How can you prove that your freedom of speech has been violated?
1 answer | asked Jan 19, 2002 3:13 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana
Coersion?? & Suspension without pay
I would like to know if it is legal for a supervisor to demand that an employee write a resignation letter but not accept what is written amd being forced to stay at work to write it. Is it legal to b...
1 answer | asked Jan 6, 2002 10:22 PM [EST] | applies to Indiana