Your employer's "legal right" to terminate you is absolute in Florida. It has nothing to do with whether you are working remote or not.

Warning: They are probably mandating the vaccine in order to find out who the naysayers and vaccine resisters are so they can thin the herd... View More

FYI: Your doctor might be able to "order you to self-isolate" but they cannot order your employer to do anything. Even if your employer is as stupid as they look, you must either do what they say or take the consequence. Your doctor cannot help you; neither can Florida law.

No. If the employer knew or should have known that you were working, you are entitled to be paid for the time worked. However, you could be subject to discipline, including termination, for failing to adhere to their time clocking policy.

By "making you quarantine" your employer is being responsible and doing what the law requires them to do to protect ALL their employees.

Regarding paying you: If you are a salaried employee or have a written employment agreement that speaks to this issue than your employer will... View More

Yes. Private employers in Florida can do anything they want to their employees, as long as the reason they are doing it (or not doing) does not violate the Florida Civil Rights Act. You have two options: Get vaccinated and get "Covid pay" or refuse and get none.

No. Information about an employee’s COVID-19 vaccination status is considered confidential medical information under the ADA. Additionally, under Florida law, every employer who provides health insurance benefits "shall maintain the confidentiality of information relating to the medical... View More

Yes. Why? Because Florida is an “at will” state, which means private employers are free to hire, promote, demote, suspend, reinstate, fire and rehire employees for any reason at any time, i.e., “at will.” The only thing employers cannot do is make any of these adverse employment decisions... View More

Yes. However, if you have a diagnosed disability which a physician says makes you medically ineligible for the vaccine, and you are fired for not being vaccinated, you may have a potential disability discrimination claim, as well as a potential unemployment compensation claim. From what I've... View More

Did you timely apply to extend your EAD? If you did so the receipt should indicate that your EAD was automatically extended.

No, it's not discrimination, it's failure to abide by their word. If they want the severance payment(s) back they will have to sue you for the money. At that point, should it come to that, you can tell the judge your side of the story.

Good question. While a private employer is permitted to require employees to be vaccinated, information about an employee’s COVID-19 vaccination status is considered confidential medical information under the ADA. According to the EEOC, the ADA requires an employer to maintain the... View More

Under Florida law, private employers generally may require employees to be vaccinated as long as accommodations are made for disability or religious objections, as recently described by EEOC. Under federal law, there have been recent challenges under 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3, which addresses the... View More

Unfortunately, they are allowed to choose not to hire you based on your background. I wish you the best of luck. Keep trying, you're doing the right thing.

You cannot count the eight hour holiday as working hours--because you did not work. So the 2 hours OT is correct.

Normally I do not answer "what if" questions on the Internet asked by people I know nothing about; why? Because there are way too many unknowns, and because lawyers are not soothsayers.

However, this question intrigued me; and it makes me want to ask you why you are asking for... View More

Your employer is not required by law to offer any pay for vacation time, holiday time, or any other time during which you are not performing work. Thus, if your employer does offer paid time off, it can use the policy it establishes to do so, and the above pay policy you've described is permissible.

This is a teaching opportunity:

1. I hope you learned that you were lucky when your boss decided to deduct the $500 instead of just terminating you. 2. And I hope you realize you should have agreed to pay for the expensive material you ruined because now you have no job.

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It appears that you are eligible for worker's compensation, as well as your back pay plus penalties. Speak with a worker's compensation attorney.

It never ceases to amaze me how people can ask simple "legal" questions that--as far as I know--have never been asked before; this is one.

So rather than wasting time and money trying to draft and introduce proposed new legislation designed to answer this simple question,... View More

FYI: Citizens cannot waive Florida's sovereign immunity; only Florida's Legislature or one of Florida's several elected or appointed officers can do that.

If you are trying to bring a cause of action against some Florida agency under the Whistle-Blower Act (Section 112.3187,... View More