Pennsylvania Questions and Answers

Employer compliance with personnel policies
Does an employee have any recourse when the employer is violating it's own personnel policies? Specifically, not providing performance evaluations and not providing the necessary tools and information...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 6, 2005 08:05 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

How is my time calculated? Am I entitled to know?
I am a nonexempt employee on a time clock system. Is my employer under any obligation to advise me how my hours are calculated (i.e. how minutes are rounded, when pay is docked, overtime earned, etc.)...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 4, 2005 10:20 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Reneging on job offer
Dear MEL, I had an interview with a major company last week. At the interview, they made a verbal committment of a job offer. 2 days later, I sent them an email, accepting the job offer, to which they...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 3, 2005 4:53 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

unfair treatment because of race.
I been working at my job for 2 years. I do production. I was told from day one that I was not allowed to wear perfume or lotion at the job, so the products do not get contaminated. I never had any pro...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 14, 2004 7:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Non Compete - Other Employees were Offered Clients
I have recently left my employer, it was my choice, and now I have my own business in the same industry. I left my employer because his business was failing, as did other employees. Around that time a...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 10, 2004 11:20 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Unauthorized stoppage of 401K contributions and severance overpayment
I was on a severance plan from my employer. The terms of my severance included continuation of 401K contributions on both my part and my former employer. Due to some sort of "hickup" in the the system...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 6, 2004 3:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Musical performer employed with restuarant
I'm an independent contractor working as one of four musical performers for a well-known theme restaurant. Our pay has not been equal. For the last year, we two African-American performers have consis...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 5, 2004 10:00 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

politics
If clinton wanted to run again for president in the year 2008 could he ?
1 answer  |  asked Dec 5, 2004 01:02 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Severance agreement withdrawn by my employer
I was recently terminated from my administrator's job and was presented with a severance agreement, which was already signed by the COO. I reviewed it and sent a letter negotiating the proposed amount...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 26, 2004 1:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

specified or implied non-compete for mobilized reservists?
Background: Several years ago I worked at a consulting firm. At that time, the company did not have a non-compete policy, nor did I have an non compete agreement with them. I was involuntarily mobiliz...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 17, 2004 01:53 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania