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Did Elon Musk have a legal justification for firing CEO Parag Agrawal for cause right after closing the Twitter deal?
According to Walter Isaacson's new biography of Elon Musk, immediately after closing the deal that took Twitter private, Elon Musk's assistant delivered letters of dismissal to the Twitter CEO and ...
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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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Religion is a "protected class" in California. Does that extend to things like homophobia/transphobia due to religion?
In California, I'm pretty sure employers aren't allowed to discriminate based on religion (e.g. you can't not hire someone just because they're Jewish). In other words, religion is a "protected ...
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Do the Federal or California WARN acts apply to the situation at Twitter?
There have been mentions in the news regarding both Federal and state laws requiring a 60 day notice for “mass terminations” might apply to actions at Twitter.
It has been widely reported that 50% of ...
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Is employment discrimination against obese people legal?
Some scientists have proposed links between obesity and personality traits, e.g.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914627/
More self-controlled boys and girls are less likely to become ...
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How do executives pay themselves $1 per year without running afoul of minimum wage laws?
Many executives, especially chief executives, receive nearly all of their compensation in stock. Both for public perception, and for tax reasons, Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt, Jack Dorsey, Larry Page, Mark ...
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Contract requiring the signing of a statement that may not be true when signed
I found an employment contract, in which the employee promises, upon termination of employment, to sign a "Termination Certification" and present it to the employer. The text of the certification is ...
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Difference in severance package between 2 employees within a one month span
In my ex-company, there were 2 layoffs with in a span of 1 month. In the 1st layoff, the severance pay package was better than 2nd layoff. Will the employees affected in the 2nd round have any ...
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Employer tuition assistance clawback upon resignation [closed]
Location: California, USA
My friend is resigning as an employee of a large corporation. During his time there, he used the company's tuition assistance benefit program which covered the cost of ...
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Is this termination procedure legal in California?
I live in California.
I occupied a position for 8 months, where I sometimes worked from home (on a company’s laptop computer) sometimes on-site (on company’s desktop computer).
Everything seemed to ...
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What if my employer is sued for copyright infringement?
I have a part-time job at a small publishing company located in the United States (California) where I basically upload articles that they have written onto some of their paid subscription websites (...
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