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Hi, I have been working for a small custom children's clothing company for almost five years now. I started in high school at the age of fifteen, but now I am in college and twenty years old. I have never been given a raise. In high school $9.00/hr was great but now I am in college with a lot......
Massachusetts: EE right to review file?Does an employee in Mass. have a right to review his/her employment file/record? If so, what law? Thanks....
Massachusetts: Can I be paid for unrelated work?Sorry - I wasn't sure how to phrase my title. I work full-time in an exempt, salaried, professional position. Formerly, I also taught fitness classes for my employer (completely unrelated to anything I was hired to do, just something I enjoy and am qualified for). I recently inquired about......
Massachusetts: any thoughts on this?-4yrs employed Assited Living place-warnings (some deserved...some unfair)-suspended 1 week without pay-return from suspention 5/1/06-not spoken to about any issues May/June/July & August <no issues at all....(except one stated below but prooven false)....for next 4mths I did everything I......
Massachusetts. Marital discrimination?OK here's a good one. We are a small privately held sw developer. The company pays all but about $50 per month for health insurance. Of course the cost for family coverage is about $600 more per month than for a single person. Can I balance the salary offered to a single person by raising it......
Massachusetts. Marital discrimination?We are a small privately held sw developer. The company pays all but about $50 per month for health insurance. Of course the cost for family coverage is about $600 more per month than for a single person. I was asked if we could balance the salary offered to a single person by raising it compared......
Massachusetts WC Fee NegotiationWe have an employee who recently slipped at one of our facilities. She is an older woman and required surgery after the fall. We filed the WC claim, and thinking that everything was all set, then found out that the employee was sitting for 3 weeks, waiting for surgery because the WC carrier and......
Massachusetts Wage & Hour Labor Law PosterFAIR LABOR HOTLINES: Fair Labor and Business Practices Division~One Ashburton Place~Boston, Massachusetts 02108~www.ago.state.ma.us November 2004 OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL THOMAS F. REILLY Child Labor M.G. L. chapter 149, sections 60 through 73 Employment permits are required for minors under......
Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance Coverage Labor Law PosterEmployer name Employer DUA ID # Address Employees of this business or organization are covered by Unemployment Insurance, a program financed entirely by Massachusetts employers. No deductions are made from your salary to cover the cost of your Unemployment Insurance benefits. If you lose your......
Massachusetts UI - Moved to ChinaMy question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Massachusetts American Citizen (with Mandarin language skills) Occupation - Attorney Unemployed since March 1, 2009 Moved to Out of state in July and registered with Interstate UI of Massachusetts. Started a 20 week extension a few......
[Tax Law] What is the name of your state? Ca. We had a home that we used as a rental for about 14 years,showing income as rental and expenses(depreciation). 3 years ago we moved into it as our primary residence. If we ever sell it,will there be a recapture for past expenses while a rental?......
Received refund on accident. Do I have to pay them Back?[Insurance Law] What is the name of your state? Michigan About six months ago I received a check for $500 from Oakwood healthcare for over payments made. They have just now contacted me and said they made an error and I need to sent them the $500. Well that was over six months ago the money is long gone. I.........
Property Lien[BUSINESS & FINANCIAL & Corporate LAW] I am interested in knowing how to file a property lien (in the state of Georgia) in the event that a customer does not pay for services we have performed. I was told by our local county courthouse that they could not tell me how to file a property lien and that I would need to contact an attorney.........
Look for a lawyer who knows medicine[Additional Legal Subjects] I had a stroke recently. I lost part of my speech from it. Everything else on my body was OK. I went to a hospital emergency, and was admitted as an inpatient. The doctor asked me to take two pills. After a while I saw from the machine beside my bed that my blood pressure radically dropped. But.........
Clarification on definition of conjugal partner needed. Please help.[Immigration Law] I recently became engaged to my boyfriend of four years. He is a Canadian, I'm American. I know that he can sponsor me once we are married, fiancee sponsorship no longer avialable, but I dislike the idea of getting married then spending the first 6-12 months living apart while waiting for the.........
Can they dig ditches & call them speed bumps?[Real Estate & Property Law] My neighbors are digging ditches across my right of way to my property calling them speed bumps? They are hard on my vehicle and we don't speed by their home anyway. The road is a dirt road and it is rough. Isn't there some kind of law stating the proper entry of speed bump......
Now what?![Family Law] "WhansaMi" <whansami@aol.com> wrote in message news:20040302193228.08979.00000655@mb-m14.aol.com... That isn't what I am saying. I am saying that she gave you what you say you want. It, obviously, wasn't good enough to "bask" in. I'm growing more and more of the opinion.........
How do I know if a home owner parking lot is legal to rent or not? Should there be a[Additional Legal Subjects] About seven months ago I had to put my car away in a parking lot.In the need of a place to put my car away, I put my car away in a parking lot which a friend had referred me to. The price was right and i had only a few days for my insurance to expire. So i took the space. Now the rules the.........
legal name change[Wills & Trusts] What is the name of your state? WA If I change my name legally, will it affect existing legal documents, like car title and home title and insurance etc. Do I have to have the titles changed to reflect the new name or will I somehow still be legally accessible as my former name? If I am listed.........
Impeding Traffic?[Traffic Law] What is the name of your state? Georgia I pulled out of a service station onto a four lane city street -- three lanes for through traffic and the leftmost lane for left turns. There was no traffic at all on the through lanes (the light to my left was red, keeping back the traffic) but there was a.........
I work for a small business of 13 employees. I have a situation where I have a salaried systems administrator who works the midnight to 8am shift. We have a severe issue finding adequate staffing in general, let alone this shift. We're a MA incorporated company, but he works from him home in FL.......
Hi, on June 10, 2005 I was out sick from work due to a heart condition. I called in work that day and told them that I was going to the doctors and that I was most likely going to have to take some time off. Work told me that until my STD leave was approved I would have to call into work everyday......
I recently left my job shy of 3 years where i was assistant manager. As of jan.1st of this year i had 2 weeks vacation. I took a vacation last month which left me with one week left. I quit my job today (tues. 4/25/06...5/5/06 would have been 3 years) so can i expect my owed vacation time to be......
Hello, Three engineers and one engineering specialist worked for an Aerospace company Ma for about 24 years. Over the past few weeks contractors were brought in to help assist in our work, and then eventually we were all laid off in January. Does this violate any labor laws? Thanks...
My employer recently informed our company we would all be going on workshare. My employer will be looking for 20 hours for us, and the state will be picking up the other 20 hours via unemployment benefits. We have been asked to do a few things... 1) If my employer cant provide us the 20 hours,......
My question is in regard to collecting UI in MA. If I accept a low paying, entry level PT job, am I still required to make three job contacts every week and keep a work search log? I have an interview this week, and I am hoping to get a foot in the door at this company with hopes of eventually......
May an employer in Massachusetts deduct money owed to it by an employee from the employee's wages? The employee used the company's charge card for personal reasons and the employer wants to deduct money every week from the employee's paycheck until it is payed up. This employee's wages are......
Hi. On July 13, 2008, a new law will take effect. The law states that Massachusetts employers who fail to comply with Mass. wage and hour laws will be assessed treble damages by the state courts if found in violation. Is this retroactive in other words if someone files a complaint on July 14th,......
i've worked full time at my job for a over a year now,i'm not sure if its mandatory for my employer to offer me 1 weeks paid vacation or if it's the companies option to do so here in mass any help is appreciated...
If an employer (union) overpaid you based on hours worked in a particular week, can they deduct it from another check even though you legally worked the required hours? For example if I worked 32 hours one week and got paid for 40 ( their error), and the next week I worked 40, can they pay me for......