Questions tagged [employment]
For questions that are about, or that arise as a result of, workplaces or the performance of work-related duties.
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Which type of attorney should I consult for a complex case involving employment, contract, and IP law?
This question concerns another Stack Exchange question: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/195267/agreement-made-at-hire-is-unenforceable-due-to-a-technicality-employer-refuses
What type of ...
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Does Minnesota Statutes 43A.11 apply at the County or Council Or Regional level?
I am a US Army Veteran and I applied to a few jobs position at the County and Regional/Council government agency level. I was told by the HR department that MN Statutes 43A.11 (which gives preference ...
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Are parties protected from retroactive action when a law allowing something is declared unconstitutional and other existing laws conflict? CA Prop22
Are parties protected from retroactive action when a law allowing something is declared unconstitutional and other existing laws conflict?
RE:CA Prop22 and AB-5 law on Independent Contractor status ...
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Is it legal having two 40 hour jobs in 2 EU countries being non EU [closed]
I have a work permit in Sweden for 3+ years.
I have received a job offer from another EU country.
I want to work both jobs. Both jobs are 55k+ euro annually so I have no issues with minimum ...
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M&A: Avoiding paying redundancy by selling the company? (UK)
Corporation A owns many smaller business units. Corporation A agrees to sell Business Unit X to Corporation B.
Business Unit X has a number of employees who are effectively redundant because their ...
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Why is per country cap for employment based immigration gcs not illegal?
I have a minor son who is a legal us citizen but I am on h1b with valid I-140 for the last 8 years. In case of job loss where I have to leave the usa, he will have to go thru the tough choice of ...
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Can an employer waive your right to overtime pay in Illinois as a W2 employee?
I recently signed an offer letter for a "contract" job through a staffing agency to work for another company. It's a W2 position and the offer letter had verbiage similar to this: "You ...
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Is the bus driver forced to break a law when allocated more students than the maximum capacity of the bus?
At the high school I go to, our school district's transportation department (likely due to budget reasons) has allocated more students onto one bus than its maximum capacity, resulting in kids sitting ...
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Is it legal to post a job opening that the company has no intention of filling?
This survey talks about the concept of "ghost jobs", job postings that the company leaves open for longer than necessary or doesn't actually intend to fill. I'm curious about the second one, ...
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Overdue Business Expenses [USA] [closed]
Based in NH. Been with the company for 7 years.
I have quite a large outstanding business expense (over $20k) with my employer, and there is no sign of it being paid off any time soon despite being ...
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Employment in the US while permanently living in the EU?
Apologies for a somewhat simple language for this community.
I'm a US citizen, legally residing in the EU on a permit. I have never worked in any way in the US and do not have a permanent home there. ...
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What indemnities will I get if my company is declared bankrupt during a professionnalization contract?
I have a professionalization contract ("Contrat de professionnalisation") in a determined duration ("CDD") with a company that will soon be declared bankrupt in France. I find much ...
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Liability for damage to work equipment while used at home with employer permission
Please consider the following hypothetical situation:
An employee in Prince Edwards Island, Canada borrows a mini-excavator from his/her employer with permission from his employer. While the employee ...
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Is it illegal to restrict types of shifts available to women?
The scenario I'm imagining is a part-time job, where there's no sex discrimination in the actual hiring based on sex, but the type (and possibly) quantity of shifts available is restricted by sex. ...
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Is a worker either an employee or independent contractor? Or could they be something else?
Is it possible for a paid worker to neither be an employee nor a contractor? Is there some other category or classification, or must the worker be one or the other? In general people talk about ...
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