If you used your vacation prior to the change in policy, the employer should not be able to avoid its paid sick leave obligation with a RETROACTIVE change combining sick leave and PTO.

You can file a complaint with the California Labor Commissioner at:... View More

You can sue both your employer for not taking appropriate corrective action, such as firing the harasser or at least separating you and the harasser. In addition, you can sue the harasser personally. Please keep detailed written records. You should tell your employer in writing that you feel... View More

Anyone can be sued for anything.

You are sued for activities performed within the course and scope of your job and the injury was not intentional, the employer has a legal obligation to indemnify you for reasonable and necessary expenses, including the costs of defending the claim or paying... View More

A severance agreement is normally intended to resolve all of an employee's potential claims, except those claims that cannot be waived as a matter of law. Examples would be worker's compensation and unemployment claims.

Further, Washington's silenced no more act prohibits... View More

First, protection from age discrimination only applies to people 40 or oleder.

Second, assuming you are 40 or over, you may have a claim if the term "baggage" can interpreted as negative reference to your age.

You should keep a written record of: (i) any potentially... View More

If you wait too long to file, the statute of limitations will bar your claims. If you cannot get a lawyer, lay out the facts and all possible claims in your complaint as best you can, to protect against the statute of limitations. You can then delay serving the complaint to buy more time to seek... View More

Sending a written complaint to your employer is not required before filing a sexual harassment claim in Court. You have claims for unpaid wages, failure to pay minimum wage (and liquidated damages equal to the 35 hours at minimum wage), a paystub violation, waiting time penalties of 1 day's... View More

You should be eligible for unemployment benefits, since your termination was not based on your intentional misconduct or wilful disregard of the employer's interest. For example, employees terminated for poor performance are still eligible for unemployment benefits.

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You should report the brief employment as it will probably lead to a minimal reduction in benefits, if any. However, failure to report the work could be considered a false statement and disqualify you from receiving benefits or require you to pay them back.

The timing of the write-up suggests pregnancy discrimination. You should consider filing a written complaint for pregnancy discrimination and retaliation to create a written record and deter future misconduct. Your complaint should specifically address when and how you notified your employer of... View More

In addition to Wage Order 5, you need to look at the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights, which provides for overtime after working 10 hours in a day. Failure to pay overtime would lead to paystub penalties and waiting time penalties that would be rather large, if the employees separate without... View More

Yes, an employer can terminate (or discipline) an employee for any reason or no reason, but not a prohibited reason such as hostility towards a protected class like race, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, military service, martial status, pregnancy, disability or opposing... View More

Employers are required by California law to advise employees of their right to have the advice of counsel before signing a severance agreement. Failure to do so can allow the employee to void the settlement and sue the employer later.

More important, an attorney can help an employee... View More

If you authorize the deduction of the inaccurate expense reimbursement in writing based on a inadvertent mistake, they get the money and it will be very unlikely to affect your future employment anywhere else. You do not have to agree to the term negligence. The key is that intentional misconduct... View More

First, put your concerns in writing to HR so there is a record of your concerns. it is often easier to win retaliation and whistleblower complaints than discrimination claims. Further, the complaint will be key evidence for your claim. It should include a chronology of events and attach any... View More

Summons are not served by voicemail. It is probably a scam. They may offer to send a mobile response team or expedited service for money from you to fix a supposed legal problem, which will confirm it is a scam.

You can check public records for the case number, but it probably does not... View More

Employers can require you to stay home for any reason or no reason, but not a prohibited reason such as hostility based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy disability, military service or opposing illegal conduct.

You did not mention whether the employer is still... View More

First, you should strongly consider submitting a written complaint about your racial discrimination concerns and as well as your age discrimination concerns. By doing so, you give the employer an opportunity to investigate and correct those problems. Further, if your employer terminates you in... View More

Travel time should being when you arrive at the shop, since your employer requires you to pick up co-workers at the shop and drive them to the job site. This also applies your co-workers, since the company is providing the transportation.

You are entitled to use sick leave for any illness, it does not have to be a work related illness.

According the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, employers are required to allow you to use accrued sick leave for

employees or their family members for any of the... View More