Questions tagged [labor-law]
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As an employee who is paid hourly, how much should be paid to pick up a common supply a any store anytime before shifts?
An employee works at a banquet hall or something similar. Often he is told to pick up ice from a store before work and bring it. He is reimbursed for the ice but not compensated for his time. ...
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Can a US employer cut an employee off from a tip pool?
The Department of Labor very clearly states that an employer may not take tip money for themselves from employees. But what if the employer cuts a specific employee off from the tip pool for ...
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Is "driving" a road vehicle fullfiling SAE J3016 level 3 considered working time according to ArbZG?
Is being on the driver's seat of a SAE J3016 level 3 road vehicle (i.e. a motor vehicle defined by a third-party standards agency as having "Conditional Driving Automation") considered ...
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Germany - Non EU Citizen with Blue Card employment looking to start Freelance on the side
I am a non EU citizen living in Germany with a Blue Card - not tied to an employer - and a Zusatzblatt that allows me to take up freelance activities.
My Employer has no clauses in my contract that ...
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Dismissed before start date due financial history in background check
A month back I signed a contract with a company as a software developer, the company in question is a financial institution based in Sweden with a german office.
Recently they finished their ...
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Is it legal in New York to deduct a full-day of PTO during a company-wide early dismissal?
I took a vacation this past week while my company held a picnic on Friday and dismissed everybody early at 3pm. I asked if I could have the two hours back (or get paid for them) since everybody else ...
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Employer took bond and blank dated cheque. Is this legal in India?
Suppose someone in India accepts a job with a software company, selected from on-campus placement.
The company did not disclose the agreement to be signed before the first day of employment, when ...
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Are Glassdoor reviews considered protected concerted activity under the NLRA?
The National Labor Relations Board has recently upheld that posts on social media can be considered protected concerted activity. (Recent Cases, 34-CA-012576)
A negative company review on Glassdoor ...
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US work authorization laws for non-resident aliens
Say I was offered a job by a US corporation, but I would remotely from a different country. Do I need some sort of work authorization or documentation before can I commence work? Will I be required to ...
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In New York, how long does a 16-year-old have to get new working papers?
Say a worker is approaching his 16th birthday. Is there a grace period to get the required new working papers? If not, is it possible to get the new working papers while the person is still 15? How ...
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Working for a company based in Paris remotely from Sri Lanka
I'm Sri Lankan, I live in Sri Lanka and I'm going to have a remote job in a Paris company(It'll end up my current job contract at next year July, which I bond to the Paris company by a Secondment ...
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Is it possible to receive no pay because all the money goes to union fees?
A bit of a follow up to Union fees were deducted but was never told there was a union
If someone works for an employer for a very short time (for example 1 or 2 hours) is it possible to receive a net ...
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can I sign an unlimited contract with a company in Vancouver, BC,and continue working remotely for a foreign firm as a contractor?
I'm an Indian national working in NZ as a contractor at the moment.
I've been offered an "unlimited contract" by a Vancouver, BC, Canada based firm which I've signed. The work permit is on ...
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Are you eligible for FMLA leave if the event occurred while you were not eligible?
Consider the scenario where you work for an FMLA eligible employer, and are not a key employee. During the time period you are not eligible for FMLA, your partner gives birth to a child. You become ...
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If you get denied at MEPS, and serve in a military campaign, how do you get the EEOC to administer your benefits?
According to EEOC regulations you can't get discriminated for equal employment opportunities for employment, and some civilian agencies are the military equivalent, so with that said you can't be ...
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Can you take unpaid FMLA leave after already taking a paid leave?
New York State (upstate, if it makes a difference) here. My son was born this past March (2015) and I took a paid two-week leave of absence.
I work long hours and over the past 8 months I haven't had ...
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Labor law - Paid vacations
I currently work in Portugal, and in this country, every full-time employee has 22 paid vacation days by law. The labor laws on this country also state that, of those 22 days, at least 10 of them must ...
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Is it allowed to work for two government agencies in Canada?
this is very unusual but I am asking anyway,
I know it is not illegal to have two employers (or more) in Canada, the question is about the two employers both being part of the federal government.
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Can Manitoba employers include a ban on duscussing or disclosing wages in their code of conduct?
A similar question has been asked about BC and ON, but I cannot find any information on this in Manitoba. I know that in Winnipeg, at least one Winners and Marshall's location has explicitly barred ...
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Leaving Company without notifying anyone
What if the company is not paying me for the last two months, because of that I absconded(leaving the Company without notifying anyone) the company. So there is an issue I will face? I have another ...
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Can state officials demand I-9s from a company?
I have a state official asking me copies of I-9 forms for my former employees.
Does a state official have the legal authority to demand federal documents such as I-9s from businesses in the state?
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Force leave on bad faith is illegal, what does bad faith mean?
This is question about Philippines labor law.
Force leave or floating status is putting an employee for a specific amount of time away from work because of circumstances like no project or disaster.
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Must employer pay extra for entire weekend of working on a holiday or just day?
I sometimes work Sundays. There is a holiday on Monday, it's Thanksgiving. Where I live we get paid extra for working a holiday. Should I get paid extra for working this Sunday? I'm guessing I know ...
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Invention assignment in case of live/work arrangement in California
Section 2870 of the California Labor Code protects an employee's ownership in personal inventions so long as these inventions are ... developed entirely on his or her own time without using the ...
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Do I have a claim for false promises by employer?
I am employed by the United States Postal Service. I interviewed for a promotion. Prior to accepting the promotion I negotiated a Salary increase of 10%. When the promotion was processed I only ...
