An employer may legally comment on your self-esteem during a performance evaluation.

Your employer can not legally "fine" you or deduct money from your paycheck as a form of discipline. However, your employer can discipline you by writing you up, suspend, demote you or even terminating you for not following legal company instructions.

If you live in Seattle, which requires telework business expense reimbursements, then you may be paid less than minimum wage. Otherwise, probably not. I would contact the Department of Labor and Industries to confirm.

In order to prevail on a claim for age discrimination, you need either: (i) direct evidence of hostility to persons over 40 such as negative statements about old people; and (ii) comparative discipline such as applying the same rules more harshly to persons over 40 than under 40.

Yes. A write up is valid without a second manager to witness and sign. The second manager is often used to corroborate what happened when the write up was presented.

Civil Harassment restraining orders are for dangerous situations. Your desire to send your harasser's unsolicited photos to his girlfriend will serve to motivate your harasser to continuing coming after you. That is a very bad idea. Safety first.

Your employer paid you timely. Your employer must pay you with 24 hours if you are terminated or 72 hours if you quit.

While it sounds like disability discrimination, the case will likely be difficult to prove unless you have documentation showing your employer verbally agreed to allow you more time as a reasonable accommodation for your disability.

You can file a disability discrimination complaint with... View More

You should provide copies of the California Division of Labor Standards enforcement as well as the Alaska Department of Labor print outs showing that travel time on weekends is still compensable work time.

Threatening to take someone to court if they do not pay a legitimate debt is legal.

Threatening someone with violence if they do not pay a debt is NOT legal.

Unfortunately, the statute of limitations for unauthorized use for commercial purposes or the common law tort of invasion of privacy is 2 years from the date of the first publication. Thus, it is likely those claims are time barred.

Assuming you are a SAG member and it is a SAG contract,... View More

First, each wrongful termination case is very fact specific, there is no "average" compensation standard.

Second, more important, an employee seeking a transfer is not a legally protected right that would support a retaliation claim unless it is motivated by hostility toward to... View More

While a no-call no show termination policy is generally legal, there should be an exception for an emergency situation for when you are prevented from calling in due to caring for yourself or a family member

According to the Department of Labor and Industries,

Employers cannot prohibit employees from disclosing, comparing, or discussing their wages or the wages of other employees. Wage non-disclosure agreements for employees are prohibited.... View More

Probably not. Unless the injury was intentional, it will covered by the Worker's Compensation scheme.

The Healthy Family Act provides that an employer who chooses to have a Paid Time Off (PTO) policy instead of a sick time policy complies with the Act as long as the PTO policy satisfies all of the Act’s requirements with respect to eligibility, accrual, usage, notice, recordkeeping, etc.

I agree with Mr. Pederson and respectfully disagree with Mr. Arrasmith.

California law also regulates the payment of wages upon an employee’s separation of employment. Under Labor Code section 201, an employer must pay an employee all wages due to the employee at the time the employer... View More

The employer's demand for "reimbursement" for the full cost of training never received sounds like an unfair debt collection practice. Further, if the employer is a large company, such illegal practices may merit a class action.

Employers in California cannot recoup the cost... View More

If employee misclassification is causing tax fraud, workers can anonymously report their employers to the IRS by filing Form 3949-A. If workers would like the IRS to make a determination about their worker status, they can file the non-anonymous Form SS-8.

No. An employer cannot retroactively reduce your compensation. You may be the victim of whistleblower retaliation. You should consult with an employment lawyer. Most provide free consultations.