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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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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Altering an employment contract prior to signing
So in this SE question the op has had verbal agreement of remuneration during the interview, however the offer letter and contract, state that pay info will be provided after starting with the company....
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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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Germany: Right to work without a SSN and National ID number
I am in Germany on a spousal visa. My visa states "Erwerbtätigkeit erlaubt" i.e. I can work here. I have a Steuernummer (tax number) and I have finished my Anmeldung (registration) at the ...
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Can an employer legally help a line manager at an English Employment Tribunal but not tell their employee (claimant) they will do this?
The background
After enduring months of a stressful and toxic work environment marked by harassment, the employee then attended a probationary review (PR) meeting with their line manager.
During the ...
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Can an employee sue their employer for retaliation in the United States even if the employee didn't report the discrimination to their employer first?
Suppose an employee, Jane, works for a company in the United States and experiences discrimination or harassment from a supervisor or coworker. Jane is afraid to report the behavior to her employer ...
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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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Lapse in Coverage By Becoming Disabled From a Pre-Existing Condition at a New Job?
In the US, most job-based health insurance plans include a stipulation which references the pre-existing condition exclusion period:
The time period during which a health plan won't pay for care ...
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