Kennewick Employment / Labor Attorney.
Private employers will only be provided "conviction data" by the Washington State Patrol Identification section. This is the typical "background check." However, some employers hire a private firm to check court records, which can show charges that did not result in conviction. The term "convicted" means having been found guilty by a court, or having entered a plea of guilty. Clearly an arrest, or even being charged, is not a "conviction."
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§ 51.28.055. Time limitation for filing claim for occupational disease - Notice - Hearing loss claims - Rules (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section for claims filed for occupational hearing loss, claims for occupational disease or infection to be valid and compensable must be filed within two years following the date the worker had written notice from a physician or a licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner: (a) Of the existence of his or her occupational disease,...
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If for a distinct injury, one year for the injury. If for an occupational disease, two years from the time the doctor tells you of the condition and gives you notice of your right to file a claim. § 51.28.050. Time limitation for filing application or enforcing claim for injury No application shall be valid or claim thereunder enforceable unless filed within one year after the day upon which the injury occurred or the rights of dependents or beneficiaries accrued, except as provided in...
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Suing for defamation means you have lost specified amounts of money due to false statements made about you, or you have been falsely accused of a crime in which case you may recover "nominal" damages without proof of actual monetary losses. If it is an HOA matter, then if this person has falsely told the HOA you are violating the rules or bylaws, then you should have had the right to contest any action by the HOA, such as any fine they dealt out to you. Or even if they warned you about...
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You have the right by the Washington Administrative Code to inspect your employee file at least annually. Ask to review it and see if there is a written record of the incident and action your describe. If there is, you have the right to place a statement in your file with your version. There is no way to force the employer to resolve this issue, that is far as it goes. You have not suffered adverse employment action just by being relocated. You don't state whether the relocation is...
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Absolutely ,the employer is required by IRS regulations to provide you with your W-2 by Feburary 1st, 2010. And to mail a W-3 to the IRS with that same information. Call the IRS and report this situation. If you have all your paystubs, then you would be able to report your income that way, and the IRS may accept your return that way pending their contacting your employer to enforce compliance.
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Usually these types of allegations go nowhere legally. Ordinarily, you have to prove monetary loss, to recover any money damages, assuming you can prove defamation. However, since she is accusing you of "stealing," which is a crime, you can be entitled to at least nominal damages for an untruthful allegation of a crime committed by you. The following questions need to be answered, however. If she is saying you are stealing, why is she allowing you to work there. Do the "mutual...
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It would be enforceable if your employer acknowledges its existence, or if a court accepts your testimony, if it is "performable within a year." The statute of frauds renders contracts not performable within a year unenforceable if not in writing. You may want to send your employer an email or fax them a letter recounting the agreement, and asking why it has not been honored. If they answer, then they will either acknowledge the agreement, or deny it exists, so you would know what they are...
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RCW 26.16.140 is "in force," the way you have asked it. If you mean does it apply to your situation, as long as you truly lived separate and apart, in the belief the marriage is "defunct" and have not shared debts or earnings since that time, then your earnings will be your separate property, in terms of legal title. Since you have been separated three years without a dissolution of the marriage, then there are some facts missing, about whether you have been truly separated and simply...
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The length of the marriage is 8 years, you are still married. It can be argued it is a "short term marriage" in reality due to the separation date, but there must be some reason you did not obtain a divorce earlier. The fact that the marriage was apparently defunct in 2002 will affect division of debts incurred after that date, ordinarily they would be considered separate debt. For the purposes of alimony, you don't specify whether you are talking about temporary alimony pending divorce...
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