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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In 2013, many news sites reported that a US programmer (Bob) outsourced his work to a company in China. Isn't that illegal?
If you don't know, I'm talking about this:
https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/business/us-outsource-job-china/index.html
NPR and BBC also reported on this.
From what I've read, Bob only got fired by his ...
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Are developers data processors?
This question is inspired by this other question: What are an employed/contracted software developer's responsibilities under the GDPR?
I wanted to understand more precisely the concept of a data ...
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Can a 13 year old sole trader employ someone in the UK?
Could a 13 year old sole trader employ someone assuming that they can afford to do so?
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Is my employer allowed to make me work without pay?
As the title says: A coworker and I had recently made a mistake at work. In response to this, our manager decides we have to work for two extra hours on our next shifts unpaid. Is this legal?
I work ...
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UK Employment Law Regarding errors in employment process and contract [closed]
So I applied for a job that was ranged from mid level/senior with me applying for the senior position with the appropriate salary.
I got through all stages of interview and was hired, but when I got ...
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Such a thing as a bankrupt law
The early 20th century folk song "On the Trail of the Buffalo" tells the story of some cowboys employed by a drover to run buffalo. In Woody Guthrie's 1945 version (video / lyrics) we have ...
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Can an employer determine benefits eligibility based on home address?
Say someone lives in county A, which is in the same state as county B. The Employer, based in the same state as both counties, offers different health insurance plans to someone living in county A ...
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What are an employed/contracted software developer's responsibilities under the GDPR?
This is prompted by this question but that is rather complicated by the technical details. Suppose the following hypothetical:
Alice is a software developer for Bob Inc. perhaps as a normal employee, ...
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Implications of subversive harassment [closed]
What are the implications of causing someone distress in some subversive fasion to the extent that they quit their job, get a divorce, run away, leave my establishment, or begin to cause defimation?
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California: loss of vacation time after conversion from PTO to FTO
A few years ago, my employer implemented a flexible time off (FTO) policy where there's no predefined limit to the amount of time you can take off; you just need to get agreement from your manager ...
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Are pledges I made in a job interview binding?
Among some "pro" tips shared in my neighborhood for desperate job seekers is the myth that promising to never unionize drastically improves the chance of landing on a job. If one were to ...
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Q: Age discrimintation?
Q: Age discrimination?
Can a federal employer post a job opening without mentioning anything about age requirement (between the ages of X-Y at the start of the position)? Adding equal opportunity ...
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Is there any requirement to provide a physical payslip on request in Germany?
Currently my employer requires employees to log-in to a website to download our monthly pay-slips. I find this frustrating as I receive no notification that a new payslip has been generated, and must ...
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Can a person agree not to disclose how their employment ended?
Can an employer fire an employee without cause and tell them that the reason for his departure from the company is strictly confidential? What if it's part of a settlement agreement? For example if ...
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Pay Transparency Law broken by company that hired me in Connecticut. Any recourse? [closed]
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Applied to a company, got hired for a below average salary for my profession, realized they broke a law by not disclosing the salary range for the position. Can I do anything about it?
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