Home » LAW »» Employment & Labor Law
Comments (1) | Promote | Bookmark |
quote:
Originally posted by AT97:
The agreement says if my attorney loses I own nothing
If I am forced to change attorneys AND the new one loses...
do I owe the former attorney cost, becuase he was not the one who lost the case?
The word "irrevocable" was put at the top of my present attorneys' fee agreement.
Okay here's my question....If I have been approved for, lets say 19 hours a week, and that's what I have worked, can the head of the financial aid (not my supervisor) change my timecard? Time cards are due on the 24th of the month, or closest working day to the 24th, and even though all time......
Federal Wage & hour lawDoes the Federal Wage and Hour law permit any docking of time when an employee steps away from their work station for an unsceduled break? The employee punches out and then back in again....
FEDERAL vs.STATE LAWSUITthis goes to roscoe and buddy2bear, any others having the answer i am looking for. i am in the process of myself preparing for a lawsuit for harassment and discrimination against a public entity in new jersey. when talking to a friend recently, i was told that it was better to sue in state court......
Federal Unions,and City of San Fransico win in 9th Cir FederalThe city of San Francisco won approval from a federal appeals court today to begin providing health coverage to all uninsured adult residents under a new ordinance and require employers to share the cost.Golden Gate Restaurant Assoc.v. City and County of San Francisco, 07-17370 (9th Cir. Jan. 9,......
Federal TaxesWhen you are completeing your W-4. Is it the higher your allowances the more money taken out or the less?...
Federal Statue of LimitationsIs there a federal statue of limitations for filing a wrongful termination cause? This would be in conjunction with an employer not retaining its employee HR files long enough....
Federal Sex DiscriminationI am a Federal employee, I work in Oregon, I have been the victim of Sex Discrimination for the past two years. Specifically pregnancy related. I gave birth to my daughter in Jan. 2000. Prior to that I was told by my supervisor that I would not be promoted because I was pregnant and would be......
Federal Service Contract Question MarylandI am dealing with some issues regarding past employment with a sub-contractor for the Federal Government. (Read the details here: http://www.laborlawtalk.com/showthread.php?t=175124 ) One question that has arisen is under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) it states the following......
Federal Pending legislationLast evening the U.S. Senate, by unanimous consent, passed the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act (S.274). This law enhances the protection for federal employee whistleblowers by expanding the scope of protected activity to cover complaints within an employees chain of command.......
Federal or State Full-Time DefinitionDoes NYS of the Feds have a definition of full-time or part-time employment??...
[BUSINESS & FINANCIAL & Corporate LAW] What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas Can my boss open my mail if it comes to the office we work out of?......
you won't get answers here, try these for marriage based/fiance questions[Immigration Law] http://www.myvisa.com/disc3_toc.htm http://www.deja.com/group/alt.visa.us.marriage-based try these sites, you won't get any answers here, if i knew, i would try to answer, but i don't. good luck! ......
Faye is in Japan :)[Immigration Law] My honeys flight takes off at 3:00 pm Japan time. She will be on the long flight to Seattle. I flew this flight twice this year, and its a long time to be in the air. Some people can sleep on the plane, but whenever I might doze off a little bit, somebody would always wake me up to eat or.........
Fraudulent Cell Phone Carrier Claims[Additional Legal Subjects] My question involves court procedures for the state of: Florida For as long as I can remember, T-Mobile's service in my area has been poor. I do not receive a signal nor does anyone in my family, and we all have 3 separate phones. We wanted to cancel T-Mobile, only before finding out that it.........
Need advice about any better solution than divorce.[Family Law] What is the name of your state? TX It is 7 years marriage now, and I just discovered my wife had an affair with her old friend month ago while traveling to the hometown. She regrets and still wants to keep our marriage. I was struggling since we have 2 years old boys and we do not want kids.........
lawyer gives no disclosure/exec took her money out[Wills & Trusts] What is the name of your state?New York. I have a messy situation. My Uncle died in April 2005 and named 4 beneficiaries, one of which is the Executrix. We (three benificiaries) have gotten almost no information from the Executrix or from the Lawyer until a few weeks ago. The Lawyer said he was.........
Cause of action: demand-letter vs. summons[CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE] On 14 Sep 2003, eas-lab@absamail.co.za wrote: * * * [A]s regards the time factor ONLY:* you contracted for delivery of milk from your national dairy,* the quantity . . . and charge [to be] determined by what you take/get from the . . . deliver[er]. The driver . . .of the cart conveys the details.........
Job assignmet discrimination[Government & Administrative Law] What is the name of your state? Indiana A couple of months ago, our boses decided to change our job titles and discription of work. One of my colleges who held the same title before the change, but signed the same paperwork as the rest of us, but is not being required to due the same work as the.........
Sharing cost to pay for accounting[BUSINESS & FINANCIAL & Corporate LAW] What is the name of your state? Kansas Our business manager is asking the shareholders to pay a portion of services rendered by the accounting firm before we can receive our final tax statements? Is this legit? Thanx......
Bicycle Law in Columbus, Ohio[Traffic Law] What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio Biking questions: I was traveling on my bicycle from Watkins Rd to Corvair on Alum Creek Dr in the early morning dark in Columbus, Ohio. As I was getting my bicycle ready to put it on the bus to finish my commute to work. A Franklin County.........
Some background first.... You could say that I work for a Federal agency in the state of California. The other part is that I get paid a salary based on the number of hours that they think the work is based on. To that end, we get paid the same no matter how many hours we work. For me, that has......
I am on a federal contract in california for the US Army, I am a salaried employee. HR states that we must follow federal DOL guidance, the main office in Washington State claims we must follow both Ca. and Federal DOL laws. Does one take precedence over the other?...
I was just wondering if anyone might happen to know as to what the new eligibility requirements are for the New Federal Unemployment Benefit extension in New Mexico. I know that President Bush signed into law an extension of unemployment benefits for all states on November 21, 2008 but at the......
I was employed by the federal government, my job ended, and I am now collecting unemployment benefits. I recently accepted another job, also with the federal government, that does not begin until February. My question is whether I can still receive unemployment benefit from now until I begin that......
Just came across the wire,can not load the case but it is available on the internet: Holcomb v. Iona College April 1, 2008 SECOND CIRCUIT We hold, for the first time, that an employer may violate Title VII if it takes action against an employee because of the employee’s association with a......
Hi all, Its been awhile since I've posted. But, I have a question and do not enitrely agree with the information that is being provided. Scenario: Two employees are on TDY to work at a remote duty station. Both stay at a motel that is 1.25 hours from the job site. They leave the motel at 7:00 and......
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? ma. is an employer required to withhold federal taxes? what happens if they havent been teking them out?...
What is the name of your state? Federal issue First of all I want to apologize if I'm on the wrong forum. I need to know if there are lawyers that will represent me as a federal employee that is being discriminated against because of age regarding retirement? If there are, I will go further into......
I should know this! Do the Feds require businesses to have a policy? If so, is it governed by size; number of employees?:o...
I am in the process of applying for a number of federal jobs, many of which require a polygraph examination. On an early polygraph I disclosed a minor crime that I had committed many years prior as a minor. It was a victimless crime that no one ever knew I'd committed. (I was also well past the......