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1 Answer | Asked in Employment Law for Indiana on
Q: My boss is asking me to do things I'm not comfortable with.

I am an accountant for a small multi-state business. Recently my boss has asked to to start also doing his personal accounting while not being compensated for it. The other day he also had me come to his house to fix his computer and then had me change his bandage and dressing from a recent hurnea... View More

Grant E Helms
Grant E Helms
answered on May 16, 2022

Although isolated incidents of an employer's request to perform extraneous tasks unrelated to your position probably do not rise to the level of sexual harassment or hostile work environment, but if the tasks develop into a pattern with obvious sexual overtones that make you uncomfortable, the... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Employment Discrimination and Employment Law for Indiana on
Q: Is this considered discrimination?

I was recently terminated from a job because of absences that exceeded their policy. However, when I got the job, I gave them documentation from my doctor proving that I have a disability and that my disability will cause more absences than the average healthy person due to medical complications or... View More

Grant E Helms
Grant E Helms
answered on May 16, 2022

Based on the information you provided, your employer probably did violate the ADA by terminating you in retaliation for requesting a reasonable accommodation of your disability or, alternatively, by discriminating against you on the basis of disability despite your use of the interactive process in... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Civil Rights and Constitutional Law for Indiana on
Q: If I am living with a roommate while on house arrest and they come do a search can they room get searched as well

what all areas are they allowed to search with and without a search warrant while i am on house arrest

Grant E Helms
Grant E Helms
answered on May 16, 2022

The documentation you signed when you started house arrest will outline the parameters of your monitoring situation and what the monitoring authority and law enforcement is authorized to do. It's not clear if you're a pre-trial detainee on house arrest or a defendant on house arrest doing... View More

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