There’s no direct rule on the subject from an employment perspective. I’m changing the topic to tax for additional insight.

Your instinct is sound in one regard - it's a good idea to provide the retraining - but poor in another - you are running a business with employees...

Yes to both. There is neither a law requiring payout of PTO after separation nor one requiring access to employee files or data. If the the...

About what? A third-party dispute? Beyond being truthful if asked for information, and abiding the terms of your contract, I’m not sure why you...

No. An employer may not deduct earned wages for time clock violations. They can fix your time to accurately refelct your hours actually worked.

You may have a claim for employment discrimination. Racist comments can be important evidence of discriminatory motive. Get a consultation to...

Negative. The Jones case was for defamation, as far as I know. Defamation, under just about at state law, is an objectively and provably false...

You have to be ready, willing, and able to work to claim benes. If you originally scheduled time off for trip and were planning on not working,...

Sure, they can and they are. The issue I see is whether this a bona fide restructuring or pretext. An employee’s FMLA leave can’t forestall...

Generally, no, that’s going to be a problem. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/tips