Can I sue my former employer for deception?

You can apply for unemployment benefits if you did not commit gross misconduct. Puffery or salesmanship by an employer is not illegal. In fact...

Your employer must pay you at least minimum wage for every hour and minute you work. If you work more than 40 hours, regardless of what your job...

Appeal the determination. Timely and honestly. Your applications were completed honestly correct? You did not misrepresent facts on which an...

Severance Pay Eligibility?

Were you discriminated? Did discrimination play any role in your termination? You may be able to recover unemployment assuming you can show that...

Did your wife commit gross misconduct? New York State truly, in my opinion, wants to award unemployment benefits to employees. Unless those...

I work in a major retail store in nyc they close for all the Jewish Holidays . I completely forgot which day the Holiday was on

I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your lifelong partner/spouse. Forgetting to check your employer's handbook or online schedule, for...

Can my boss tell me I cannot speak to someone in a different department after I clock out?

Your boss is right but for the wrong reason. You should not remain on the premises because were your friend to ask you for help with their job you...

Can an employer suspend an employee without pay without giving a reason to the employee?

Call the employer and politely ask them when you can return to work? If they don't know ask them whether you should file for...

Can a retailer schedule its employees for just one day a week ?

Unless you have a written employment contract, are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, or work for the government, the employer could...

EEOC MEDIATION. Is this strictly confidential even if it doesn’t work?

Hire legal counsel for mediation. Your information remains yours. Their information remains theirs. We do not litigate the case during mediation....