Employment Legal Questions and Answers
Which of the forms US-000286 or US-000267 should I use to answer a discrimination complaint?
I have to respond to a Second Amended Complaint in Federal District Court. I am requested to state claims of discrimination and retaliation and identify what provisions of which statues were violated and then allege facts in support of each cause of action and state what relief is sought.My second amended complaint should not contain legal argument or citations to cases. My qu...
02/09/2009 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: California | #15201What can I do if I feel I am being dicriminated against at work?
I think I am being unfairly treated at work because I had a professionally different point of view than a senior leader of the company. I have been with the company a little more than 2 years. About 6 months ago as I was returning from a 5 week FMLA I took because of the adoption of my daughter, I was told I was no longer going to be a part of the executive committee because ...
02/05/2009 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: Washington | #15159What can I do if I feel I am being discriminated against due to my age?
I am 58 years old and have taught 32 years (long enough to receive a longevity bonus). I was threatened by my boss last June, when I returned from cataract surgery and an automobile accident, that I would be and have been bullied daily and threatened at work (affecting my health) and finally bullied/forced in to early retirement after a long and successful teaching career. As...
01/21/2009 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: California | #15037What can I do if I am being discriminated against at work by another employee?
As a medical professional a nurse filed a complaint because I did not agree to see a patient right away. The reason was I had another patient deteriorating quickly. A month later without warning I'm told to come to a meeting with VP of medical affairs and VP of nursing along with the aforementioned nurse. The meeting is to discuss medical care. The fact is the patient was f...
12/06/2007 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: New York | #13504Can she file a discrimination law suit for getting fired due to jail time?
I believe my 22 year old daughter was fired from her job at the local grocer . She was working in the deli. They held her job for 10 or 12 days while she was in jail; when she returned they asked her why she was in jail. She told them and now she is considered a felon. The store cannot have a felon employed at their store. Can she file a discrimination law suit or not?
08/28/2007 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: Illinois | #8268Am I entitled to a written apology from my supervisors?
A supervisor at work came to my cubicle and accused me of taking $50.00 that he said he lost in front of a department full of people. He was very firm in saying that he saw me with the money in my hand. (Insisted several times, which I replied to firmly that it just did not happen) He had gone to Las Vegas for 4 days and a few days after he came back, he found that he was mi...
05/24/2007 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: Massachusetts | #5827Is it legal to get terminated for have a baby and take leave?
Hello! I am a full time, salaried employee of a company in Secaucus, NJ. Due to pregnancy, I will work for this employer only for about 4 months before the baby is born. Thus, according to the company policy, I get terminated. I was wondering if this is legal in NJ? Will I receive unemployment after the disability due to having been terminated from my employer? I am not quit...
05/23/2007 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: New Jersey | #5716Can an employer change your work status?
Can an employer change your work status ie: hired as a full- time employee with benefits, status changed to relief with no benefits without notifying the employee?
05/17/2007 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: North Carolina | #5092What can I do if I feel I have been discriminated upon at work by my supervisor?
I am having several issues at work. I am not comfortable going to HR as I am afraid of Retaliation. There have been several confidentiality issues that have been broken. I have tried to go to someone who is in charge in absence of my supervisor but I get what do you want me to do about it. I did not pass the management process and another employee did and she had told the VP th...
04/11/2007 | Category: Employment » Discrimination | State: California | #2949How Do I Collect Wages Owed for Trucking Employment?
I'm a truck driver.I drove for a company out of California that had the truck leased to a company in Alabama for a month and I have received no pay for my work. I have the VIN numbers for the truck and trailer I drove and the company's DOT number. What can I do to get what is owed to me.
09/29/2011 | Category: Employment » Employment A... | State: Florida | #25508