Can I be suspended from my place of work and most likely fired ?

This sounds like a completely unfair situation. Unfortunately, employees and job applicants have very few employment rights, and employers have a...

I work in a wax salon in california - can they send us home if we ask for our lunch break?

California employees are entitled to one 30-minute meal period if they work 5 hours or more in one day. However, the employee and the employer can...

Can I get an unemployment if I leave the work after disability? I am taking the time off for a month because of depression.

Generally, a person claiming unemployment benefits (a “claimant”) is eligible for benefits if ALL of the following is true: he or she is (1)...

Should I obtain a lawyer after learning we have mold at work? I've been sick for years.

I agree with Mr. Pedersen that contacting OSHA or Cal-OSHA is one way to trigger events that may cause the hospital to address this problem. There...

Here is what the California Employment Development Department (EDD) says about overpayments and repayments: STATUTE Section 1375 of the...

Do I have a case for discrimination?

An employer is required to provide a workplace free of unlawful discrimination or harassment. Many people misunderstand the meaning of employment...

Hi. Can a 29 yr old stepdaughter receive the stepfathers union benefits after he dies and if he committed suicide and child neve

Mr. Davis has given you a very good answer. I write to add that the stepfather probably had the opportunity to designate a beneficiary; if he did,...

Can a union keep funds that were dedicated for a retirement health program, if the misrepresented the plan from the starts?

Most union benefit plans are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); this is a complicated area of law and most...

I'm with a union company, been with them for almost 11 years. Another company just purchased us share the same union.

The answer to your question depends on the details of the collective bargaining agreement (contract) with respect to successor unions and/or...

In a union and my employer has not paid my benefits now I have no health insurance.

It may make a difference WHY the employer is not paying benefit contributions to the union. Most (but not all) union benefits plans are covered by...