Pennsylvania Questions and Answers

Ovetime, demanded stays without overtime and sexual harrasement
Hi Mel, I have a couple of questions for you any answers would help. First, I was required by my employer to stay after the usual 8 hour work day to satisfy the owner of the company and prove that I w...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 14, 2005 3:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

wrongly fired
I was just fired from my job, the resaon was "selling company product for cash". But the company has a product life cycle policy that states you may eleminate the product once it reaches the last phas...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 3, 2005 4:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

"overpaid" wages are being taken back without any notice
I used work for my employer for 25 hours a week. I then cut my hours down to 10 hours a week due to other obligations. They pay two weeks in advance, so if you didnt work the scheduled hours, the next...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 1, 2005 9:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Working with no-pay because of changing from exempt to non-exempt
I work in Pennsylvania in a very large corporation. The department I work in consists of 23 employees with different titles. All employess are exempt. However, the coroporation has change policy and 2...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 1, 2005 6:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

i do not want meal time
according to what i have been reading us government does not require lunch breaks.......i have been working in an office for 3 years 8 hrs per day and work thru lunch at my desk.....the want me to pun...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 25, 2005 11:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Can I be forced to take a wage cut?
My employer has told me that they can no longer afford my salary and would like me to take a permanent 20% pay cut. I am the only one in the organization that has been asked to take this cut. Can they...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 23, 2005 6:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Wrongfully Fired
My situation is I was laid off 2 weeks ago because of "Lack of work". This week, I was called back in and they had a meeting and told me that they suggest that I move. So I went home and told my landl...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 13, 2005 6:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Non-Compete Question
I moved to PA a little over two years ago and was hired by a company that is in distribution. One of the conditions of hire was to sign a non-compete agreement. I had lived in another state for the pr...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 8, 2005 3:31 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Overtime for orientation meeting
If an employee works 37 hours and attends a meeting for 6 hours, are we required to pay him overtime for the 3 hours (40 regular and 3 overtime). All employees had to attend an orientation for 6 hours...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 20, 2005 2:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Employer refusing to pay for overtime wages earned
My employer has bounced back and forth on whether she's going to pay me overtime on a project she made me work on at home. I was hired on an hourly basis, then changed to salaried exempt, and that's w...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 17, 2005 07:57 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania