Arizona On site Motel Employees avg. $5/hr. Lodging is legally partial wage? Are we exempt? $800/month for working 24/7?

You have identified a common mistake by employers who have employees living on-site. Under federal law, the reasonable value of housing can be...

Demoted afther being off from work for job related injury. is this dicrmination?

The Arizona Employment Protection Act prohibits an employer from terminating an employee in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim. ...

Need Federal and/or Arizona Statute to print to show "law states all hours incl straight time accrued in a week must be paid.

You are correct -- your Administrator appears to be violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("the FLSA"). The regulation you are looking...

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Can I keep getting my short term disability payments if I am forced to resign?

As a general rule your eligibility for STD coverage should continue even if your employment ceases so long as the underlying medical condition...

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Automatic lunch deduction but cannot leave campus.

I don't think so. As a general rule, an employer can only deduct wages for a meal period if the employee is completely relieved of his or her...

FMLA

You raise an interesting question. Assuming that you meet the requirements to be an eligible employee under the FMLA (you've worked there at least...

Non compete and confidentiality agreement.

Your question is interesting because the answer to this question varies greatly on a state by state basis. Many states do require an employee to...

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In Arizona employers are not required to pay out accrued but unused vacation pay upon termination. Rather, the wage statute says that vacation pay...

My husbands boss is trying to blame him for a mechanical brake down and charge him $2000 so my husband quit over a week ago

In Arizona, an employer cannot withhold from an employee's wages without the employee's written consent, or if the employer can prove that there is...

Do I need an employment attorney?

If the amount of your final paycheck is $5,000 or less, you should contact the Arizona Industrial Commission and file a wage claim. The Industrial...