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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As an employee who is paid hourly, how much should be paid to pick up a common supply a any store anytime before shifts?
An employee works at a banquet hall or something similar. Often he is told to pick up ice from a store before work and bring it. He is reimbursed for the ice but not compensated for his time. ...
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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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difference between work and contractual obligations
In an employment contract, what is the difference between "the course of work" and "performance of contractual obligations"?
For example, in the Swiss Code of Obligations:
Art. ...
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What are the requirements for the Catholic Church to file an EEO-1 report?
Is there a requirement for the Catholic Church to file an EEO-1 Report?
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Can an employee use an employer's market research subscription to conduct due diligence for IP?
If an employee uses "company resources" to develop IP, then the employer owns said IP. However, what is the scope of "company resources" and "development"? Hypothetically,...
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Subsequent violation for late paychecks in California
Due to a paperwork error, a California employer stops issuing paychecks, and this isn't observed for five months (while the employee's work proceeds). At the time the employee informs the employer of ...
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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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In Ratatouille, did Linguini have a legally legitimate reason to fire Skinner?
In Ratatouille, when Linguini took over Gusteau's by proving he inherited the restaurant, Skinner seemingly lost his job. Was there legal precedent for Skinner to lose his job; would Skinner hiding ...
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Fired (seemingly) for finding paycheck inconsistencies. What kind of legal recourse might exist?
Not me, but a friend.
They found some paycheck inconsistencies for them and a bunch of other employees, and asked about it. The response from management was "oh, oops. We'll fix it"
A few ...
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In California, do people still get benefits if they got terminated earlier than the date that they gave?
For example, Sam gives notice to his boss, saying that he is moving out California soon, so Sam decided not to come to work after 2 weeks. After that notice, his boss started finding people fit Sam's ...
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Is it safe to talk about ideas that I have not patented yet over public email?
I have an idea with which I may someday make a startup. I can talk about it with experienced people, over public emails for example. However, I wonder if from patent point of view this is safe. My ...
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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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UK - Can a company ask employees to attend meetings on their own personal time, during normal work hours?
The meetings are training sessions for software that we use in our day to day, discussions about best practices, talking about learnings from a project etc. So not directly chargeable to a customer.
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What is the legal definition of a day of pay for someone on an annual salary?
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A friend of mine was recently let go from a job. They negotiated for their notice period plus 8 day's pay (the 8 day's pay was called a 'termination award' in the payslip). The job was 5 ...
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How are multiple and/or clauses in contracts interpreted?
If a contract includes multiple and/or statements, how are these generally interpreted?
For example when defining the competing fields in a hypothetical non-compete clause as
in the field of ...
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Can Iranians get a visa to work in the US?
I have seen this and this discussing similar topics, but my question is a little bit different: Can Iranians get a visa (probably H1B) to work in a company (e.g., Google or Amazon) in the US? I think ...
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Is an employer required to provide full time sign interpreters to mute employees?
I visited a retailer and went through the self checkout till where I was assisted by a mute employee, who communicated with me through a sign interpreter whose job seemed to be to shadow and ...
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Leave provisions for part-time employees in Australia
What is the basis for the Fair Work Ombudsman's assertions that both:
part-time employees entitlement to leave is pro-rata, according to total hours of service as compared to full-time employees, and,...
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Can a company own intellectual property created off the clock?
In an employment agreement, can a company claim intellectual property created off the clock unrelated to your their core business?
Specifically if their core business is in a narrow domain of software,...
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Can a contract clause really stop me from developing something in my own time [duplicate]
My contract states the below:
I assume this means, even things i make in my personal time would belong to the company?
I wonder how enforceable that really is as that would suggest that they would be ...
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Can salaried employees be forced to attend meetings without being able to charge the time?
Background: I work in Maryland
I am a salaried employee; however, I am required to fill out a time card in order to specify which hours are worked on which contract, and am required to work a minimum ...
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Work time when unable to work due to power outage (germany)
I'm working in an office space where I don't have fixed daily hours but a weekly amount of hours in my contract. Electricity is necessary to do my job (on computers).
We had a power outage due to a ...
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Is a US company obligated to lay off visa holders first over citizens?
With the current big tech firing frenzy I'd like to know if a US company must prefer the US citizens over working visa holders during mass lay offs?
Let's say if there are 2 software developers but ...
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Is there a general definition for "with good manners"?
Is there a general definition for "with good manners"?
Like it's used e.g. in relation to termination of employment relationship.
The Finnish employment law for example states that ...
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If the employer tells me via text message that I will be paid 2 weeks of severance, how much obligation is he under to fulfill that statement?
If an employer promised me in informal writing (text message) that I was owed 2 weeks of severance pay and then fails to pay me or present me with any formal contract, is he under any form of legal ...
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Can a person work for free in a country with a minimum hour rate?
In some countries there is a minimum hourly rate for an employee, given by law.
In a hypothetical scenario, Mr. David intends to work for a company for free for a certain amount of time, either to get ...
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What does leaving a company imply in legal speak? Does it mean termination or quitting a company?
I specifically refer to this example:
You will receive a $***** relocation bonus. In the event that you
leave within 12 months of your hire date, you will be
responsible for reimbursing the company ...
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Location of legal entity and location of employment [closed]
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A company BE-Best has its headquarter in US, and legal entities in EU countries A, B and C.
An employee living in country A got job at BE-Best and contract in the county A. After some time ...
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Does a tenured professor whose salary was set to 0 have a case for constructive dismissal?
See https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202302/rnoti-p196.pdf?adat=February%202023
The head of the Purdue math department set a tenured professor’s salary to 0. This seems very strange to me and I ...
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Is it illegal to warn employees about workplace harassers if the company doesn't want you to?
I was sexually harassed at my previous job. I filed a complaint to the company, but they downplayed and dismissed it. I've heard that workplace harassment cases are hard to win, and I didn't think I ...
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