Can an employer 'require' training and not pay for the time required?

The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that an employee be compensated at the employee’s regular rate for all hours spent in actual attendance at...

I am being sued by a former employer for unemployment benefits

I agree with the previous response. There are too many unknowns here to answer your question. Start making calls looking for answers. Call...

Can my boss force me to step down to lower paying postion?

Yes -- so long as his request is not motivated by some illegal reason -- like your age, gender, race, etc.

Unemployment is completely separate from the EEOC process. One has no effect on the other. You'll get full unemployment unless the employer...

I agree with Mr. Brown's answer. Rounding is not per se illegal so long as it works both ways. Also, employer's may disregard short periods of...

I work for a company that has me as self-employed, but is paying me by the hour. i get a 1099 form every year is this legal?

What you've described, in and of itself, is not illegal. As the previous poster explained, it depends upon whether you are an independent...

Back again with another issue with the same individual from last month, as of my last post no acions were taken.

It sometimes takes the EEOC a few days to process and serve the charge on an employer. There's nothing that you can do to move the process any...

Can an employer require 1 employee to to clock in and out via email?

Yes.

My FMLA payments were terminated mid leave, the job wants me to return to work early and I contacted EEO RE: hstile environment.

There are too many issues in your question to answer effectively over the Internet. I recommend that you seek new counsel to get advice.

The law doesn't allow hours to "roll over" from one week to the next to avoid overtime payment. For hourly employees, the law looks at the 40 hour...