Hello all - I have so many questions that I do not know where to begin...I will try to break these items down - if you know the answer please reply - or if you know where I can find the answer that would help to :) Short version: I am a computer programmer, been with this company for 6......
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Unemployeed in IndianaSun, 31 May 2009 22:18:00 GMTMy question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Indiana I recently was terminated from my Job as a Branch Manager for a bank. I have worked for the bank for almost three years. Last year I finished 3rd out of 24 branches on a scale determined by the bank. This year I was also off to......
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00 % commision employee forced to work extra hoursSun, 07 Sep 2008 10:51:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida I work in the pest control industry as an inspector/sales person. I am not paid hourly or a salary; I am paid 100% commsision based upon production and sales.My duties require me to inspect home and I get on a piecework basis for each home......
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days work in a row - PennsylvaniaMon, 12 Feb 2007 07:45:00 GMTIs there a law in PA that limits the number of days an employee can legally work in a row? Can an employee work 28 days straight?...
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hours needed to qualify for benefits NebraskaWed, 04 Mar 2009 17:12:00 GMTI recently shifted from full-time (exempt salaried with full benefits--40 hrs/wk) to half-time (20 hrs/wk) with no benefits. My HR rep told me that I cannot work more than 1200 hours in a given year as a part-time employee, because if I work more than that, the company is obligated to allow me to......
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of Hours scheduled to work OregonThu, 08 Nov 2007 19:51:00 GMTI just got a new job and my employer has told me my hours for the Friday after Thanksgiving. 4am-11pm, I am not very happy with this. I was also informed that I cannot call in sick or I will get fired. Is this legal? I thought that in Oregon you could only legally be scheduled to work 16 hours......
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of hours/day for overtime PennsylvaniaMon, 12 Feb 2007 08:40:00 GMTI am trying to get clarification on the maximum number of hours an employee can work in a day before the employer is required to pay them overtime. I think that in PA (as well as Federal), the standard is based on a 40-hour work week and anything above and beyond 40 hours equals overtime pay, but......
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of weeks? WashingtonThu, 22 Jan 2009 14:30:00 GMTSome states have a # of weeks with a cap of something like 400 weeks with a total disablity. Where does Wa sit?...
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1 Marketing Rep. laid off in slow timesSat, 12 Jun 2004 04:49:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Colorado The day before Thanksgiving I was laid off. The real estate market took a bit of a dive. I thought there would be no way in hell I would be one to go! I opened 3 of our 16 offices and started all of our a/b/a sister companies. All in less than 2 years! I......
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$ deducted from paycheck to cover stolen equipmentWed, 27 Sep 2006 16:01:00 GMTCalifornia My son had a $2500 piece of company-owned equipment stolen from company-owned pickup truck. My son takes home this work vehicle and the equipment was taken from it during the night in his gated apartment complex. A lock was securing the equipment but it was broken and chain cut. At......
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$ taken from check improperly? CaliforniaSat, 04 Nov 2006 10:10:00 GMTMy husband took a day and a half off of work over a month ago. The money should have been taken out of his check the next pay period, even the one after that maybe?..... They waited 3 pay periods, which feels like at random, to take out a nice chunk from his check, and were are going on vacation......
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$ per hour CaliforniaFri, 20 Oct 2006 09:27:00 GMTI need some info. I have a boyfriend that works for a company that is pretty well known down south. he works about 60 + hours a week and when he got his check it only said 60 straight hours no over time or double time. is that right???? :confused:...
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$.10/mile gas reimbursement?Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:28:00 GMTI'm a carpenter who must drive my own vehicle for work. My company only reimburses me $0.10/mile for job-related driving. I've been told that there are mandatory minimums set in place which are considerable higher than this. I live and work in Minnesota, but the company is based out of Kansas......
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$0.00 pay checkSat, 17 Oct 2009 06:28:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas A benefit of my former job was vacation pay. It was in writing. I was terminated . I had a loan which I had agreed to pay $100.00 per pay check and the owner changed to $125.00, after I had signed the agreement for $100.00. The entire......
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$1 per minute late. Can it be done?Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:18:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? --Ohio My employer recently instituted a $1 per minute late charge for our weekly meetings. I was the first abuser by 2 minutes. There was no word of this policy before I walked in the door that morning. That aside, my question is, what my position is with this......
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$1.00 per minute late deduction CaliforniaTue, 29 Aug 2006 17:25:00 GMTHi, I work a part time inside sales job that is paid minimum wage per hour, and then a certain dollar amount per product sold, which is also subject to bonuses depending on the total amount sold in a two week pay period. We are allowed to clock in and punch out when we would like, however, we......
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$10,000 pay-off ?Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:36:00 GMTI need to know if a so called "gift" of $10,000 for a years pain and suffering for a hostile working environment, and harassment is really a pay off? This is the term used when this was offered to me. I had asked for my old job back due to constructive discharge and I end up getting......
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$10.00 a day.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:09:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? california now ,i been working in this laundrymat for the last 5 years,working 9 hours a day everyday 7 days a week.for $10.00 a day,paying me under the table,i live in the premises,the laundrymat is my home. on june 31st 2009.the owner call me......
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$11.83Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:02:00 GMTI just resigned from a company here in AZ. My resignation was supposedly on "good terms." It's been a little over a week, I just received my last paycheck in the mail and it was for $11.83. I was on a $24k salary and commission structure, we were a day over a week over in the pay period......
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$1250 in Unpaid WagesSun, 19 Nov 2006 01:25:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state? Arizona I worked two jobs for my former employer. My final paychecks paid me for only one of these jobs. My boss claims I was informed in a meeting that the duties of one of my jobs was to fall under the title of the other, and while we talked about job......
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$2 missing from paycheck...Fri, 29 May 2009 19:00:00 GMTWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CALIFORNIA My past 2 paychecks have been missing $2. It's not much but I just want to know what's going on. When I asked my employer about it, she just handed me the YTD summary of deductions and asked me to go talk to my accountant. Did income......
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$2 Pay cutFri, 10 Feb 2006 12:56:00 GMTI am a purchaser at a construction company. I recently purchased a special order product which was wrong. The vendor wont take it back because its special order and now we are stuck with the product and no sale. I felt bad and told my boss I would take a two dollar pay cut for a year to repay for......
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$2.83/hour for cleaning - is it legal PennsylvaniaThu, 26 Feb 2009 12:27:00 GMTThe restaurant I work at REQUIRES closing servers to clean floors (vacuum and wet mop) floors before they leave at night. They get only $2.83 an hour to do this. The restaurant used to pay a professional cleaning service to come in to vacuum the floors, wet mop and clean the bathrooms. The owners......
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$25 additional a week for floridaWed, 11 Mar 2009 09:28:00 GMTCan someone explain the $25 additional for florida unemployment? When does it begin or what weeks are they counting? I read a post where florida was behind because they have to reset the computer system. Not sure if true....
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$2700 over payment 4 months ago! CaliforniaMon, 24 Sep 2007 07:59:00 GMTApril 25th, 2007 I received my last check from my employer, as I was about to relocate. My self and a few other employees received checks with commissions that were much larger than we were used to. I immediately called my HR Rep. to make sure the amount was correct. She told me she would call......
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$3.? per hour plus tips in FlSun, 05 Feb 2006 19:38:00 GMTI have been working at a night club in the local orlando area since the end of Sept. of last year when the place opened. For about 3 weeks or so before the place opened it was being renovated and i would go in and help around the place building things, hanging various items, stocking liquor and......
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$3.37 last paycheck in OhioTue, 11 Jan 2005 12:39:00 GMTMy husband has a problem with his last employer. In September he ran over something in a equiptment yard and ruined a tire on the truck. He was charged 179.00 for the tire and at the same time was told he had to pay 26.00 on a phone bill--We never saw any bill or anything on this just $50.00 a......
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$455.00 ?Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:09:00 GMTI am researching some mininum wage laws and keeping seeing people mention $455.00. Can you tell me what this is about?...
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$500 for non profit taken from my checkWed, 30 Mar 2005 15:16:00 GMT:confused: In Nov 2004 I signed a pledge to give a certain amount per pay period to a non profit org. for year 2005.In Jan 05 I took a position with another company and the whole years contrabutions were taken out of my last paycheck...Is this legal? Im in Texas....
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% of Pay withheld for 2 years... MassachusettsThu, 29 Mar 2007 13:05:00 GMTHi everyone, I'm a first time poster here and to be brutally honest, i'm not even sure if i am writing in the correct category. If not, perhaps someone can direct me. Okay - now for my question: My wife recently picked up an hourly job. She works approximately 32 hours (minimum) per week. The......
California My son had a $2500 piece of company-owned equipment stolen from company-owned pickup truck. My son takes home this work vehicle and the equipment was taken from it during the night in his gated apartment complex. A lock was securing the equipment but it was broken and chain cut. At......
I need some info. I have a boyfriend that works for a company that is pretty well known down south. he works about 60 + hours a week and when he got his check it only said 60 straight hours no over time or double time. is that right???? :confused:...
I just got a new job and my employer has told me my hours for the Friday after Thanksgiving. 4am-11pm, I am not very happy with this. I was also informed that I cannot call in sick or I will get fired. Is this legal? I thought that in Oregon you could only legally be scheduled to work 16 hours......
:confused: In Nov 2004 I signed a pledge to give a certain amount per pay period to a non profit org. for year 2005.In Jan 05 I took a position with another company and the whole years contrabutions were taken out of my last paycheck...Is this legal? Im in Texas....
I am a purchaser at a construction company. I recently purchased a special order product which was wrong. The vendor wont take it back because its special order and now we are stuck with the product and no sale. I felt bad and told my boss I would take a two dollar pay cut for a year to repay for......
I need to know if a so called "gift" of $10,000 for a years pain and suffering for a hostile working environment, and harassment is really a pay off? This is the term used when this was offered to me. I had asked for my old job back due to constructive discharge and I end up getting......
The restaurant I work at REQUIRES closing servers to clean floors (vacuum and wet mop) floors before they leave at night. They get only $2.83 an hour to do this. The restaurant used to pay a professional cleaning service to come in to vacuum the floors, wet mop and clean the bathrooms. The owners......
My husband has a problem with his last employer. In September he ran over something in a equiptment yard and ruined a tire on the truck. He was charged 179.00 for the tire and at the same time was told he had to pay 26.00 on a phone bill--We never saw any bill or anything on this just $50.00 a......
My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Indiana I recently was terminated from my Job as a Branch Manager for a bank. I have worked for the bank for almost three years. Last year I finished 3rd out of 24 branches on a scale determined by the bank. This year I was also off to......
Hi, I work a part time inside sales job that is paid minimum wage per hour, and then a certain dollar amount per product sold, which is also subject to bonuses depending on the total amount sold in a two week pay period. We are allowed to clock in and punch out when we would like, however, we......