Pennsylvania Questions and Answers
Can an employer not pay me for partial hours worked when I need to stay late due to my relief help being late?
I work until 11, my relief helper gets there at 11:07. Should I be paid for those 7 minutes I stay extra?
1 answer | asked Apr 24, 2017 10:20 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
can a PA employer leave you without insurance after layoff? Layoff was 03/31/2017 and medical last day was 03/31/2017.
Lay-off 03/31/2017, medical until 03/31/2017, can employer leave you without insurance? Suffer from medical condition, and not covered until I receive insurance information from employer.
1 answer | asked Apr 4, 2017 07:39 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
I reported my manager for a negative extreme change in his behavior and memory loss that resulted in major information technology risks. I was fired 8 hours after reporting him. Do I a right to sue for wrongful discharge?
My manager started behaving strange and being very manic and forgetful. It resulted in him deleting my work and computer code I had written off the server, breaking servers and breaking code I had wri...
1 answer | asked Mar 16, 2017 11:26 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Is there any law that gives salaried employees some flexibility without using PTO?
I manage a group of salaried traveling marketing managers in a company that typically has had mostly hourly employees. Their salaries are in line with industry for their jobs but it seems that Senior ...
1 answer | asked Feb 27, 2017 11:50 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
contract renewal bonus payment after having left the company
I had a position with an employer that had entailed a signing bonus to be paid after a year of employment and contingent upon staying for another year. I left that company three months ago which was p...
1 answer | asked Feb 24, 2017 08:00 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
If my daughter does not get paid tomorrow can she contact UE and reopen her claim from October?
My daughter was laid off in Oct. and collected UE until late Nov. when she started a new job. The new job is very shady and has been staggering pay dates. My daughter is supposed to get paid every 2 w...
1 answer | asked Jan 19, 2017 10:22 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Can I refuse to be sold to a franchise?
I work for a corporate store that is being sold to a franchise. Can I refuse to be sold as part of the deal and continue working for the corporation? Is the corporation essentially firing me?
1 answer | asked Jan 13, 2017 3:00 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Can my employer tell me I can only take my vacation between April and September ?
Worked there for 5 years and now can't take vacations in months I normally do
1 answer | asked Jan 10, 2017 4:09 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
My employer requires a 30 day notice of resignation. They state that if I do not honor that they will not give me the sales commissions due to me. Is that legal?
My employer stated in a employee handbook that they require 30 days written notice of resignation. If I do not do that then they say they will withhold the sales commission that I have earned. I inten...
2 answers | asked Jan 6, 2017 09:17 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Sons hours cut in half employer told him if you go to unemployment you will be fired
Sons was hired for full time now hours cut down to like 24 hours due to company only got outside work. When he asked his boss if he should go to unemployment he said no. Fired one guy who did.
2 answers | asked Jan 4, 2017 11:01 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania