It is not unlawful for your employer to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment. However, your employer is obligated to consider exemption requests if they are based on medical or religious reasons.

There is no requirement that an request for a medical accommodation come from an MD. You should contact an employment law attorney in your area to discuss your situation in more detail and determine your options.

Disparagement and defamation are not the same thing. You could post something anonymously, without defaming the company, but your comment could still be disparaging. If you signed a severance agreement containing a non-disparagement clause, then wrote an online disparaging review, the company... View More

You can be an at-will employee, but still subject to an agreement to provide certain notice before ending your employment. You should contact an Illinois employment law attorney to review your contract to discuss your options in greater detail.

You are correct that Michigan is an at-will state. Her employer can mandate that she get the COVID vaccination, unless she has a medical or religious reason for not wanting to do so. If either of those apply to her, you should contact an employment law attorney in your area to discuss her rights... View More

More information is needed to analyze your situation. Is your employer requiring you to take a leave you otherwise are not intending to take? Additionally, there is no private cause of action under HIPPA. Only the Department of Health and Human Services and state attorneys general have the power... View More

Generally, yes, your employer can require that you attend meetings at work, regardless of what is discussed. At the meetings, are you able to avoid participating in conversations of an entirely personal nature? If you are not compensated for the time spent in these mandatory meetings, you should... View More

Whether you have a claim depends on the language in your employment contract. Did the contract guarantee you a certain rate of pay through July 2021, or did the contract allow the employer to change your compensation in its discretion? You should contact an employment attorney in your area to seek... View More

Additional information is needed to answer this question. If you were hired, terminated, and paid by Company, and placed to work in Hospital, then generally, your "employer" would be Company, not Hospital. However, there are circumstances in which a "joint employer"... View More

If you are an at-will employee, then your company or the new company taking over can legally change your job title, compensation, and/or benefits at any time for any reason, so long as it is not for an unlawful reason.

Unless she is harassing you because of your status in a protected class (i.e., race, ethnicity, disability, etc.) or the harassment is sexual in nature, there is likely no legal recourse. If that is the case, it sounds like your best option may be to move departments.

Unless the harassment is based on your status in a protected class (i.e., gender, race, ethnicity, disability, etc.), there is no legal recourse for your termination. If you were subjected to harassment based on your status in a protected class, and you were terminated after complaining to HR... View More

Yes, you should still report it as income received to unemployment for the week that you received the bonus check.

This depends on the language in your contract. Does the contract give the company the ability to elect to terminate the contract upon receipt of your 30-day notice? Your responsibilities following the termination of your contract are also likely set forth in the contract language. You should... View More

This depends on whether your husband signed any sort of employment agreement containing a reimbursement provision. Your husband should request a copy of all documentation he signed when he was hired, then contact an employment attorney in your area to discuss your husband's obligations.

A job description is not a contract. An employer generally has the ability to add or remove job duties at any time for any reason. Unless you have a contract explicitly outlining the duties you will be responsible for performing, there is no legal recourse available to you.

As long as you are being properly compensated for the hours you are working, there is generally no limit on the hours an employer can ask you to work. If you are late to work for oversleeping, your employer can discipline you. If you have unpaid wages, as you mentioned, you should contact an... View More

RSUs must vest before you can receive the underlying shares. Vesting schedules are often set to occur over time, so you would need to be employed at the company for a certain period of time before all or some of the RSUs vest. Termination of your employment usually stops the vesting, but this is... View More

More information is needed to explore your situation, but this certainly sounds like it could be an unlawful practice. You should consult an employment law attorney in your area to discuss.

This does not sound like an employment law-related matter. You should contact an attorney in your area who practices workers' compensation law to discuss your options.