Questions tagged [employer]
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Do companies have the legal right to reduce your salary?
Let's say you signed an "At will" employment contract. And then lets say the company you work for has a 30% reduction in revenue. Can the company just reduce everyone in the company's salary ...
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Can I opt out of UK Working Time Regulations daily breaks?
The Working Time Regulations 1998, PART II, Regulation 10 says
Daily rest
10.—(1) An adult worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than eleven consecutive hours in each 24-hour period during ...
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To what extent can an employer require their employees to be experts at a trial?
Say a company is facing a trial and the court requires
(version 1) the company
(version 2) someone with expertise from the company
to provide a sworn opinion (something like "the process to do ...
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In the US, why are companies giving big "let go" package to people they want to let go?
It is shown in movies and is probably true, such as in the movie Jobs about Steve Jobs, that when he came back to Apple as the CEO, he found out who was not productive or who were probably not inline ...
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I was overpaid by my company in California. Should I return the money? [closed]
Part of my signed agreement with my employer was that I will receive an extra sum of money for 5 months, but I've been receiving that for a year. Then the HR emailed me saying it's been overlooked by ...
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When are companies allowed to discriminate based on age, sex, race, religion, sexuality, etc.? [duplicate]
I'm pretty sure that, at least in California, there are anti-discrimination laws in place, and you can't just not hire someone because they belong to X protected class.
But on the other hand, there ...
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What does the law say or accept about consistency of signatures used for employment?
An employer in USA is hiring contractors who will work remotely from India. They plan to setup an office in India within a year. The offer letter is sent via https://<companyName>.workable.com, ...
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Can I be penalized for overtime?
I work from home for a call center at a massive company in California. Being in the call center environment every second is logged on our phone system. We don’t have much down time aside from the 9 ...
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Do weekend days count as part of a vacation?
I work in a typical 9-5 office and my working days are Monday - Friday. I asked my boss for a 2 week vacation which will be 10 working days to travel for a wedding. He said it doesn't count as 10 days ...
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UK: perverting the course of justice and employment tribunals
Suppose a person in the UK takes his/her employer to an Employment Tribunal.
Some time after, the person finds that the employer fabricated evidence that was important to the outcome of the case.
Can ...
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Employer ran credit check without my consent
I’ve just started a new job as a cleaner and recieved an email from them regarding the credit check they carried out. I was never told this was going to happen or why they would need to. Does anyone ...
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Medical marijuana patient protection from drug test: actual effectiveness of the law?
I'm under the impression that in Pennsylvania, medical marijuana users are protected from employer discrimination:
No employer may discharge, threaten, refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate or ...
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Is consideration for services different than compensation?
The Company shall pay [X] Japanese yen per month (excluding applicable taxes) to the Service Provider as consideration for the performance of the Services (hereinafter referred to as the "...
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Can you get sued for talking badly about a co-worker at work?
Can you get sued for talking badly about a co-worker at work? If you talk to your CEO and mention that the tech lead he hired is terrible and doesn't know what he's talking about, can you get sued for ...
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Can I make use of intellectual property if my employer does not make use of it?
I have recently made an invention (software) at work and my employer is deliberating wether or not to file a patent.
There are several pros and cons to filing a patent and it is unclear what the final ...
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In the state of Michigan, can an employer be legally liable if an intoxicated employee hits and kills someone driving into work?
Under the doctrine of "respondeat superior", can an employer in Michigan be legally liable if an (intoxicated) non-salary employee hits and kills a person on their way to work?
Would the ...
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As a paid-hourly employee, am I subject to wages over the maximum hours set forth by a contract?
I work in MA.
I am currently paid hourly. My current contract states
Number of work hours per week: 40 hrs
however, the employer and I have an understanding that I may work more hours. The employer ...
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Can you be sued for getting COVID-19?
A contractor that we do a lot of work for has recently told all subcontractors that if an employee of any subcontractor gets COVID and gives it to any other worker on the job site they will be sued.
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Can an employer ask an employee about personal health matters (HIPAA) and COBRA decision in public?
Hypothetical Scenario (in the US):
Susan's employer, MoneySavers, offers COBRA to employees who separate from the company. Susan has given her two weeks' notice (she has quit her job) and will soon ...
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Does a California employer have to provide drinking water within a certain distance from your work area?
Does your employer have to provide drinking water within a certain distance from your work area? I work in a different building from the nearest drinking fountain
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In Europe, can I refuse to use Gsuite / Office365 at work?
See above. In a country where GDPR applies (Italy in my case), do I have the right to refuse giving consent to Google and Microsoft to store my personal data, if this account is for work use? Or, in ...
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New employer asking permission to run a background check
I received a job offer (for a software engineer position at a small, remotely distributed company), verbally agreed to it on the phone, signed the offer, and then received a copy with the manager's ...
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Employer forgot to take taxes out of severance; now demanding it back or legal action. Can I just settle it with IRS?
I was laid off back in March due to COVID. My employer messed up and delayed our severance payments, so instead, they offered to cancel the original checks and send us all wire payments.
When we got ...
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Can my former employer come after me for developing software after I left them?
I worked with a company (Company A) in the US as a developer for two years that utilized third party API's. I recently left that company to work elsewhere (new company (Company B) is a completely ...
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Employer very sporadic with paydays, not sure what to do
My girlfriend works for a large chain restaurant, of which I believe she works for a franchise location.
I found it very weird that they down right refused her request to set up direct deposit, but ...
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The employer is refusing to pay the full salary
I did some freelance work for one India based organization. There is one contract signed by me accepting all their terms and conditions (it was printed on a plain A4 sheet of paper).
From start till ...
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Employer Terminated employee during covid-19 crises [closed]
From the past six months, I was working for a tech company as an Independent Contractor in the province of Ontario. The contract states that "At the end of the ninety-day probationary period, the ...
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employer lying about not selling the company
the employer i work for has stated they are not selling the dealership but there are very strong rumors and someone that works for another dealer that stated they are buying our dealership. the ...
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Signed off job as a freelancer, now wants more work
This is my first question on the Law Stack Exchange so hopefully this is the right place for it. To play out the scenario this is what's happened..
I used to work for a company that need the odd job ...
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Employer ask me to work at a different location with very little notice (less than 30 days)
My employer just release a news that company will move to another state (30 miles away) and the move date is Mid-February. The employer doesn't plan to have any compensation for employee's commute ...
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Reasonable Accommodation confusion
I was looking at the following case study, and was not sure if it fell under the category of "Reasonable Accommodation" which is what I was thinking of how it could be approached:
"An amusement park ...
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Advertise how many employees you have on a low budget
Say (in order to seem like a more established company) someone wants to advertise "We have over 100+ employees!".(but wants to avoid false advertising!)
But the company has a budget of only $1000 a ...
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Can the racial/ethnic makeup of a company be used in a discrimination case?
Suppose a company is made up 100 employees, and that 75 of them are from the same ethnic background or race, say Jewish, or black.
The company is in an industry that has nothing to do with that race, ...
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Can an employer be required to provide an escort from office to vehicle?
Follow up question to Can an employer be forced to allow an employee to bring a gun to work (Washington State)?
It appears that an employer can limit employee concealed carry.
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What an employer can legally ask to monitor about user activity
I work for a Belgian company as systems engineer, and I'm asked by the HR department to give them logs of a specific user's activity. This is about a concern they have when it comes to this user's ...
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Can an employer reprimand an employee for posting negative reviews on social media?
If an employee posts on social media that a company is bad to work for, can they get fired or reprimanded for it? What if they gave specific examples, like how the employer reduced their wage without ...
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Employer wants to know who isn't contributing to charity
My employer is asking every employee to donate to a specific charity via an online form. This seems reasonable. However, they are also requesting that those who don't contribute will still fill in the ...
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What are the requirements for an ALE employer notifying employees about open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act?
My understanding is that employers can choose when to offer open enrollment and for how long. However, my question is whether an employer is required to notify their employees about their open ...
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ability to eat bacon as a job requirement
Let's say, I'm starting my own company and consider to hire some people. May I or may I not put the ability to eat bacon as a job requirement for every employee? If I did so, how many lawsuits would I ...
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Subsidies for low paid / free workers in some EU countries
I have heard that that in some EU countries such as Ireland, an employer can receive a €10,000 per year subsidy for simply employing a person who has been unemployed for a certain length of time. ...
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Can holiday pay be lower than the current National Minimum Wage?
If one works irregular hours in the UK one can calculate the holiday pay by calculating the average hourly pay over the last 12 weeks of work.
I quit my job (I worked 4 days a week, 8 hours a day) at ...
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Want to sue my former employer for wage theft; or settle
I have not been paid wages for April 2019 and was abruptly laid off on May 8. I want to sue the company. They are moving money out of the U.S., telling employees we'll be paid soon, and seemingly ...
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Ask ex-employee / colleague for data removal that relates to company [closed]
I am not sure if this is off-topic but I would like to send a kind of formal email to one of my ex-colleagues to ask for data removal that relates to the company I am in still.
I remember that I ...
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Is an employer allowed to inspect office drawers and cabinets in Australia?
My employer (in New South Wales, Australia) conducts frequent office inspections. Although they used to only look at fire and electrical hazards, the health and safety team (made of employees that ...
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Private phone call recorded by company phone in UK
I work for a Company in the UK, and routinely recording conversations between customers and myself providing that they (the customer) give consent.
A private phone call on my personal mobile phone ...
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Employer Added Wife to Insurance, Now They Retroactively Voided Her Coverage
My employer "accidentally" included my wife in my health insurance plan. (They are now saying that they don't cover spouses). They retroactively voided the plan without informing us. We thought she ...
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Six months probationary period
I have read and understand 6 months probationary period rule, that employee exceeds 6 months of probationary period shall be regularized otherwise informed by the employer to not continue. Now the ...
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trespassing to personal property? [duplicate]
Let say I went into a store and bought something. When I was walking out an employee or the manager stop me and ask to look inside my bag because they assume I was stealing. Before, I could even ...
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Can an employee take an employer to court over false promises and breach of contract?
What if something like this happened:
An employer IN WRITING stated that an employee would begin receiving compensation on my start date.
That did not happen. Time after time, the employer would ...
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Government employer obligations for refusal to hire based on allegiations
The Kavanaugh hearings have brought up an interesting point. What are the legal obligations of a government employer, when it comes to handling allegations against a prospective employee?
I would ...
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