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Docked half day's pay for going home early due to MSG poisoning from catered food at work.
I am allergic to MSG and will suffer migraine attacks. The caterers normally accommodate people with allergies and those ingredients are posted by the food. There was no posting of MSG as an ingredien...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 27, 2018 1:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

About 2 weeks i reported 2 supervisors to Hr, about being rude, Due to the incident, i went home early that day and felt ill and called out for 2 weeks, i came back once i felt better andi was still had a schedule. i worked for 2 hours, The Store Manager
could be be considered retaliation.
1 answer  |  asked Jun 22, 2018 3:25 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

I live and work in Illinois. My company is headquartered in Illinois as well. They recently sent out a mandatory arbitration agreement to all employees. If I don't sign, can they fire me?
I have been an employee here for 2.5 years, am over age 40.
2 answers  |  asked Jun 19, 2018 11:13 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Am I eligible for overtime?
I work for a lobbying firm as an administrative assistant in DC. I make less than $45,000 a year and am supposed to work 8 hour days/40 hour weeks. On average I work 9-10 hours a day with 1-2 of those...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 12, 2018 10:42 PM [EST]  |  applies to District of Columbia

Non compete
I signed a non compete 18 years ago as part of a promotion to outside sales. 10 years ago in order to stay with the company I had to take a demotion and give back everything I received as part of the ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 12, 2018 6:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Wisconsin

I was fired last Tuesday for excessive absenteeism. The next day I became violently ill with a condition that would have been covered under FMLA, but I was unaware of the diagnosis until I went to the ER. I am not saying my employer did anything wrong, bu
I had missed several days recently for not feeling well, but didn't know why. The very day I got fired, I got violently ill and was admitted to the ER the following day, with a potentially life-threat...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 11, 2018 6:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Legally tied to my employers tuition retention agreement if they are sold?
My current employer paid for my MBA, and with that, I signed a tuition refund retention agreement for four years after the last tuition paid. I work in Ohio, but, the contract I signed stated "This Ag...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 10, 2018 08:08 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Now if they take PTO for mandatory overtime on Saturdays, do they have to pay that time and a half?
Okay so they have the right to do that, but how can they use PTO for mandatory overtime? When PTO is for straight time. Would they have to pay it time and a half?
1 answer  |  asked May 31, 2018 4:54 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

How is that legal to do. When we have worked a 40 hr workweek with 10 hrs of overtime already?
I live in Florida. How can that be legal to take my PTO, threaten to write me up, or fire me for not showing up on mandatory overtime on Saturdays, when I have already worked a 40 hour work week.
1 answer  |  asked May 31, 2018 3:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can my employer write me up, or fire me for not doing mandatory overtime?
My employer is making it mandatory to work three Saturdays a month, a long with 5, 10 hr days. Can they write me up, take my PTO or fire me for not showing up on mandatory overtime on Saturdays? Becau...
1 answer  |  asked May 31, 2018 3:08 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

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