Pennsylvania Questions and Answers

lousy deal
My husband was laid off after 13 years with no notice or severance. In his original contract, both parties were to give 1 month notice. His employer says that since it is a lay-off, they don't have to...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 6, 2004 9:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Non-compete
I signed what is titled as "key employee agreement" with a non-compete clause stating I will not w/o company's consent engage in any employment, consulting or other business other than for the company...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 17, 2003 11:11 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

RELEASE AGREEMENT BREACH
I was laid off by my former employer in June 03. In return for signing Release agreement, I was offered 7 weeks of pay. I accepted and signed the agreement. After paying 3 weeks of severance, the comp...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 4, 2003 2:58 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Unintentional bounced payroll check to an employee
I'm with a small business in Pennsylvania. One of our employee's payroll checks bounced and they are suing us. The funds were available that day, but in a small window of misopportunity, they couldn't...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 1, 2003 12:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

non-payment
Previously, i worked for an catering company in September of 2003 which was supposed to be off the books. However, to this day i still have not received payment nor or any of my phonecalls returned. M...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 17, 2003 11:52 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Can an employee be fired while on doctors no work order
On Nov. 5th 2003 My fiancee was in an auto accident resulting in a severe neck fracture and was told he could not return to work untill he was cleared by a nuerosurgeon. We have an appointment for Thu...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 10, 2003 3:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Need to know if I can take any action about my termination...that happened during psychiatric treatm
I have worked at the same job for 16 years. This past July I had a breakdown. My boss set me up for short term disability and Family medical leave (both at the same time). I have been seeing two docto...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 29, 2003 3:34 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

what can I do ?
I am being told that i am at risk of losing my job oveer another employee, who has had a numbeer of complaint against him from internal & external sources. can this happen? is there anything I can do ...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 24, 2003 5:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Disclosure of deceptive pricing to customers - legal risk to me
I have been working for a former employer as an independent rep. for about 8 mos. I have become very uncomfortable with some of their pricing approaches to my customers, primarily claiming a higher co...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 24, 2003 12:45 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Severance Package Acceptance
I am in production management and have recently been told that I will be laid off due to an obvious reduction in production orders. Upper management only decided to tell me about this situation after ...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 15, 2003 12:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania