Can an employer make payroll deduction because I had personal charges on company cell phone, they stated misuse?

Generally, an employer may not unilaterally make a deduction from your paycheck without your written authorization. Check any forms you may have...

I believe I was discriminated due to a mental disability at my workplace. how should I proceed?

You should contact the CT Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and speak with them about filing a complaint. You should also consider...

I was carjacked while working, is my employer responsible for my having to change my locks at my home

Legally, probably not unless the employer's negligence was somehow related to the carjacking. Ethically, and as a gesture of positive employee...

Can i lose my unemployment bennifits if i test positive for a would be job

You raise an interesting question and without more research I am not sure how the government would view your availability for work, which is a...

If you are a non exempt employee (paid for OT if you work more than 40 hours a week) you are not entitled to be paid for any hours that you did not...

In Florida, does an employer have the right to decrease your hourly wage due to continuing poor performance?

Generally, an employer may decrease an at will employee's compensation for any reason, provided it is not a discriminatory one (race, gender,...

Can an employer legally cut your annual salary by as much as 20% and still require you to perform your duties at the same level.

Generally, if you are an employee at will without a contract outlining your compensation, the employer may change your rate of pay unilaterally at...

I'm on LTD and the company that I work for is having a lay-off soon, can they lay me off also.

Generally, you can be laid off while on a disability leave of absence if the company can show you would have been laid off had you been at work. ...

I agree with Paul. If you can show the bite arose out of and during the course of employment you will probably have a legitimate workers...

When applying for a job and meeting all requirements can the requirements for the job change in order to disqualify you?

Generally, an employer has the right to determine and revise the requirements for a job. You state, however, that they were changed to...