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Tagged with employment employer
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can a company exist with no employees?
I own a company that has no employees at the moment. I have paid a few people cash for services in the everyday operation of my company. An example of this is, the person who styled my hair for my ...
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Is there any chance I could get in legal trouble if I respond to a job rejection email like this?
“Good morning,
Thank you for your application for our Entry Level Sales Position. We appreciate your interest in joining our company (NO YOU DON'T, OR YOU WOULD HAVE HIRED ME), and we are pleased that ...
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Do companies have the legal right to reduce your salary?
Let's say you signed an "At will" employment contract. And then lets say the company you work for has a 30% reduction in revenue. Can the company just reduce everyone in the company's salary ...
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Can I opt out of UK Working Time Regulations daily breaks?
The Working Time Regulations 1998, PART II, Regulation 10 says
Daily rest
10.—(1) An adult worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than eleven consecutive hours in each 24-hour period during ...
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In the US, why are companies giving big "let go" package to people they want to let go?
It is shown in movies and is probably true, such as in the movie Jobs about Steve Jobs, that when he came back to Apple as the CEO, he found out who was not productive or who were probably not inline ...
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When are companies allowed to discriminate based on age, sex, race, religion, sexuality, etc.? [duplicate]
I'm pretty sure that, at least in California, there are anti-discrimination laws in place, and you can't just not hire someone because they belong to X protected class.
But on the other hand, there ...
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What does the law say or accept about consistency of signatures used for employment?
An employer in USA is hiring contractors who will work remotely from India. They plan to setup an office in India within a year. The offer letter is sent via https://<companyName>.workable.com, ...
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UK: perverting the course of justice and employment tribunals
Suppose a person in the UK takes his/her employer to an Employment Tribunal.
Some time after, the person finds that the employer fabricated evidence that was important to the outcome of the case.
Can ...
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Employer ran credit check without my consent
I’ve just started a new job as a cleaner and recieved an email from them regarding the credit check they carried out. I was never told this was going to happen or why they would need to. Does anyone ...
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Medical marijuana patient protection from drug test: actual effectiveness of the law?
I'm under the impression that in Pennsylvania, medical marijuana users are protected from employer discrimination:
No employer may discharge, threaten, refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate or ...
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Is consideration for services different than compensation?
The Company shall pay [X] Japanese yen per month (excluding applicable taxes) to the Service Provider as consideration for the performance of the Services (hereinafter referred to as the "...
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As a paid-hourly employee, am I subject to wages over the maximum hours set forth by a contract?
I work in MA.
I am currently paid hourly. My current contract states
Number of work hours per week: 40 hrs
however, the employer and I have an understanding that I may work more hours. The employer ...
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Can an employer ask an employee about personal health matters (HIPAA) and COBRA decision in public?
Hypothetical Scenario (in the US):
Susan's employer, MoneySavers, offers COBRA to employees who separate from the company. Susan has given her two weeks' notice (she has quit her job) and will soon ...
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New employer asking permission to run a background check
I received a job offer (for a software engineer position at a small, remotely distributed company), verbally agreed to it on the phone, signed the offer, and then received a copy with the manager's ...
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Employer forgot to take taxes out of severance; now demanding it back or legal action. Can I just settle it with IRS?
I was laid off back in March due to COVID. My employer messed up and delayed our severance payments, so instead, they offered to cancel the original checks and send us all wire payments.
When we got ...
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