Questions tagged [labor-law]
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Does probation period count actual days worked or days starting from job acceptance?
I had worked an on call job. There was zero guarantee of any work, but typically everyone got 2-4 shifts per week. I was terminated within probation according to management, but I was very close to ...
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Can there be a settlement agreement for termination of employment?
Say a dispute arises between an employee and employer. The employer believes the employee stole something or intentionally damaged company property. The employer would like to immediately fire the ...
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Can employer deduct minutes worth of pay for clocking out few minutes early?
I started working in a retail store. We are scheduled to work for 30 minutes after the store closes to finish the closing procedures (such as turning off lights, locking doors etc). For example if the ...
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Section 2870 of the California Labor Code - Can former employer claim ownership of former employee's project?
Silicon Valley tech companies in California require employees to sign a contract that assigns all inventions to the employer. The only protection employees have are in the form of Section 2870 of the ...
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Looking for any case that connects an assault and the signing of arbitration agreements, possible duress
Heading off the obvious response; I have already tried multiple search engines. There is so much "noise" from unrelated cases that I can't find what I'm looking for with a simple web search. I'm ...
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Big Data - Analysis from the entire population - Disparate impact
I am reading
Barocas, S., & Selbst, A. D. (2016). Big Data’s Disparate Impact. California Law Review. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2477899
Among other things, the article talks about the ...
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Claim for unpaid wages in NY
I was working as a Software Engineer (Contractor) employed by a contracting company "A" located in California but working for the client company "B" in New York state. The issue is that I didn't get ...
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Non-ERISA Fiduciary Responsibility for New York State
I would like to know ERISA equivalent for a government organization in New York State
https://www.asppa.org/Resources/Publications/Plan-Consultant-Online/PC-Mag-Article/ArticleID/5217
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What citations of the Fair Labor Standards Act Federal Law made 4 million employees eligible for overtime?
I was reading a Pittsburgh Post Gazette article entitled "Time Change" in the "Businesses and Jobs" section of the newspaper from Sunday November 6, 2016.
The article states that a federal law has ...
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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.
A ...
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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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waive California meal period
I was confused by my employer saying that I cannot waive my first meal break unless I work less than 6 hours.
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(a) An employer shall not employ an employee for a work period of more than five ...
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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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How to intepretate three paragraphs in my contract?
I am a seaman and I have a work contract undersigned by both sides. In mentioned contract I have a paragraph saying, that:
The payslip and balance payment will be forwarded after
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What would happen if you can't pay because your credit card stopped working? [duplicate]
I'm interested in situations were you pay after you use or consume something (like eating at a restaurant or renting something). What would happen if your credit card stops working before you pay?
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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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Croatian labour and contract law
Two parts:
Is it legal under Croatian labour law to make an employee pay a fee for quitting their job?
If it can be shown that an unlawful clause has been included in a labour contract with malice (...
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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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multiple non compete, which one is binding?
I currently work for a company that enforced a non-compete agreement at the start of employment and now would like to revise the duration of the non-compete. Otherwise the language of the non compete ...
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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 ...
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Is it legal or child-labor for a private pre-school to ask preschoolers to wash dishes without compensation?
Is it legal for a private pre-school to ask preschoolers to take-turns to wash everyone's lunch dishes in the kitchen on behalf of all other students? It was a rotational. It was not singling out a ...
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Protection in international law against employment termination following mass political strike?
The "High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel" has called for a general strike today, a call which has been heeded widely - but almost entirely by Palestinian Israelis, and even ...
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Default notice period in Germany
I work in Germany. I have a permanent job contract.
Because of a mistake it doesn't contain a clause about the notice period in case I want to quit.
What notice period is applied in this case?
I'm a ...
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Is there any US labor law which needs to be heeded by call centers staffed exclusively abroad? [closed]
It has now become a staple of everyday life in America that many of the call center which we reach when we call large corporations are staffed by individuals abroad. What is the legal basis for ...
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Terminated without cause. Do I have a claim for unjust termination or toxic work environment? [closed]
I was recently terminated without cause. I had been working in a liquor store for about 6 months. There was something "special" about the work environment. Several businesses in the area ...
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Worker was sent to a store he was fired from but wasn't allowed to complete his job. New employer fired him as result
This is a theoretical situation. A person had worked at a retail store. He was terminated without cause and with severance. A few years later the same person is working for a marketing company on a ...
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Is it legal for a store to lock the door with customers inside?
In a retail store the manager has instructed employees to lock the door when the store has closed, even if customers are still inside. This is to prevent more customers from entering. Is locking the ...