Can an employer cut the hours/pay of a consultant if they signed a contract?

If there is no guaranteed hours in the contract yes.

Are my work place rights being violated and is there anything i can do ?haven't been formally disciplined.feel im being harassed

Unfortunately you have little recourse against the employer. Certainly if you are out of work without pay this may be a constructive termination...

I went to my employer and told them I would need to take several weeks off in the near future for surgery.

Without FMLA protection there is little you can do. However, this may rise to the level of a perceived disability and you could seek to file a...

Doctor hired patient as employee, initiated sexual relationship, promised promotion, mentoring, etc Fired when spouse found out

The threat of denying you unemployment when you are being fired not for any misconduct or cause suggests fraud by the physician to be committed in...

Owner of co. flirts, find vulnerability, initiates affair, then fires employee by text immed after his spouse finds out? Legal?

In my experience, such actions or terminating the employee who was involved in the relationship with the boss is not a clear case of any unlawful...

Do I have a case for slander against my employer?

ForEmployers in Florida are generally immune from liability for communicating the reasons for termination. However if they communicate false...

I would say yes but then the next question is this leading down a path to eventual termination But no one would be violated by a private employer...

Can I sue?

These facts not form a basis for a lawsuit there is no unlawful action that has gone on and you were not Fired. However since you were forced to...

Is contract written by the hand, without witnesses or notary in Florida, legal ?

If the terms are sufficiently clear and this is signed by both parties with consideration then it is a contract. There may be more to a challenge...

I have been On Call for years at local restaurant and wondering about suing

On call time is a complex matter. Is long as you are free to move around and not actually engaged in the work then that time would not likely be...