I have been laid off and have doubts about their reasons for dismissal.

I would not recommend that ANY employee sign a separation agreement releasing claims against their former employer without consulting with an...

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You might - depending on the language of your employment contract, the severance offer, and your former employer's disposition, among other things....

I was fired recently after working almost one year in a place where I was discriminated against for being "old."

It is certainly illegal to fire an employee for being "old", however, this is a very fact-specific area of the law; feel free to contact me me as I...

I WAS TERMINATED ON 9/30/ 2010. MY POSITON WAS BUILDING SUPER. MY EX BOSS SAID THE CO. WILL HONOR MY YEARLY CONTRACT.

If the contract says you get free rent and a particular salary, that's generally what you're owed. If the supervisor is just giving you the free...

Is there a lawyer that will help me i was fired after reporting my job to osha

You can make a retaliation complaint with OSHA but you have other options as well. I am an employment law attorney, feel free to contact me during...

I'm being treated differently than the men in my department from my Lesbian boss...is this harassment?

I agree with the previous poster, it's impossible to tell whether this might be harassment without knowing all the specifics of the situation...

If I have consigned goods at my studio borrowed for a magazine during employment, but was laid off, who is now responsible?

Generally speaking, you are required to allow someone a "reasonable" opportunity to retrieve items of their property that are on your property. I...

Employment Agreement Clause

Likely not, but I'd have to take a look at the entire contract. I am basing this purely on the small part of the text you've cited, so this is not...

I don't know if it is harassment or not and I'm completely frustrated!

Regardless of the gender of your supervisor, it is illegal for him/her to harass you on the basis of YOUR gender. Whether what exactly your boss...

How to collect money from an employer who refuses to pay.

For a month's salary, a letter from an attorney should do the trick. New York has very strict labor laws, and if an employee is terminated or...

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