Federal gov contract..Company announced furloughs and yet hired new employees. Does that sound kosher to you? Not to me.

It depends; are the new employees of a different race, sex, religion or age of the terminated employees? For ex: the employee terminated or...

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Ho long after being pushed out of a job/jotten rid of, wrongfully terminated, sexually harrassed do I have to file police report

You file with the police department (PD) is when there is a physical (ie touching) assault; if all the employer did was call you some bad names,...

Question about wrongful termination - employer claims unsatisfactory performance.

The employer can hire and fire for no reason; it would be interesting to know however who if any, they replaced the employee with. As in, if the...

Can a Company have its employees work 60 hours a week and not pay any benefits?

Kindly have your friend contact me. He does not sound like he is exempt under the DC Wage Laws, so the employer must pay him his overtime. On the...

Do I have a sexual harassment/ wrongful termination suit?

I dont know if the state retaliated against you, or merely moved you away from the perv. Your temp agency did however unlawfully terminate you and...

I work at a private university in the DC area, 4 employees have witnessed a male supervisor leering staring at our private area

Its tough to determine. If all this jerk is doing is staring w/o saying anything, it may not be sexual harassment. But if you can show that he is...

Am I supposed to recieve documentation stating that I am terminated or is word of mouth from my superivsor all that I recieve?

unless there is something in the employer handbook, there is no requirement that a termination be communicated in writing. An oral statement will...

Can your previous employer lie to an inquiring employer about my work history there?

You might have a potential case for defamation or slander if the old employer keeps spreading lies about you.

Employee sent to rehab for marijuana and they diagnose alcohol abuse to employer also and he remains adamant they are wrong.

take the alcohol test or risk being terminated! Generally an employer has very wide latitude in having their employees undergo various tests. Now...

What can I do about an employer saying bad things about me

If as a result of the employers lies, it results in your termination, you may have a case of defamation or slander. Initially, I would report these...