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finding a labor law attorney to take over my case.
How do I find a labor lawyer to take over my case in federal civil court northern district of texas? (Dallas, Fort Worth area). My case started in 1996 with grievcances and EEOC complaints. My issues:...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2004 09:50 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Discrimination/EEOC Mediation
The EEOC filed complaints against my former employer. Gender discr.-EPA (30k salary diff between male/female same job, gender discr. - Title VII, racial discr. (i am white) - Title VII. I have agreed ...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 27, 2004 10:40 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Non Compete/Child Care Center
I was employed by a private day care center. As condition of my continued employment I was asked (as well as all employees) to sign a Non Compete contract after being employed for 1 month. The Day car...
2 answers  |  asked Feb 18, 2004 5:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

reduction in pay to meet OT requirements w/o increasing costs
The employee is non-exempt and works approximately 10 hours per week in OT. This has been occuring regularly for several years. In a sudden effort to reduce costs, the company wants to cut the employe...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 16, 2004 2:17 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Help Help Help
I was wondering, I own a small employment service that I started in 1999 . At the time I hired on my stepmom and as it grew I hired on my half sister. They both signed no compete clause with me . 2 ye...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 15, 2004 1:34 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

With Hold Of Servance Pay
MY employer has threaten to with hold my servance pay , because they believe i have company property , I have replied to them i have no such property . How should i pursue this ? Can they withhold pay...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 11, 2004 8:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

timeliness of paycheck
Do employers have to pay you by a certain time of day? My employer handsout our checks so late, the banks are already closed.
1 answer  |  asked Feb 11, 2004 6:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

A Pickle
I am a systems engineer with my firm. My company recently tested their employees product knowledge with a series of exams. The first exam was for systems engineers, about 40 people. During this exam o...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 7, 2004 11:33 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Discriminatory Layoof
I am an Indian on H1-B Visa and have been recently laid off. Earlier in Sept 2003 I had given a complain against my Manager to the VP of HR for intimidation, personal comments on my beard and appearan...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 2, 2004 10:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Can we get this job back?
My husband was terminated from his job after less than a week of working at it. He was accused of "lying" on his application. When he asked what his employer was referring to, he was told that he left...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 21, 2004 2:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

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