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Can my boss make me do personal work on his house?

I do maintenance for a hotel and my boss is trying to make me work in his house also. He wants me to install a…

Is it legal for my boss to threaten to fire me if I don’t quit a volunteer position helping a friend with an upstart company?

I am currently employed at a large, privately owned bakery and in my own free time am volunteering to help a friend with an upstart…

Can I be written up at work for something that happened outside of work?

I’m being told by my boss that I am getting written up at work due to the fact I asked my friend/co-worker to come over…

Can an employer fire someone for having a doctor’s note saying that the employee cannot lift over a certain amount and has to be sitting?

Is it legal for an employer to require and employee to do a safety observation on a fellow employee?

Our company has for several years had a program in place to observe personnel while performing their work to watch for unsafe posture, movements, procedures…

If I have a job offer and am waiting for a former employer to fax a required paperwork, can I be compensated if I lose the position because of this?

This 1 piece of paper is the only thing holding my new job up.

What to do if the company that I work for has a new car policy that I doubt is legal?

The company I work for has provided vehicles for the last 6 years replacing the old policy of paying us mileage. It recently decided to…

Can I become full-time?

I work almost full-time, averaging 35 hours per week, fairly regularly since sometime last year.  The only benefit I get is a 401k plan. For almost…

Can an employer slander an employee?

My mom’s boss told her the other day that she is dressing like crap and is no longer allowed to wear a sweater anymore. My…

If when my wife went out on maternity leave her supervisor changed the department hours to hours my wife is unable to work?

Isn’t my wife’s job protected under FMLA?