An exempt employee (VP) not putting in nonworking hours.

Exempt employees are not paid by the hour. Just as you would not pay an exempt employee for overtime hours worked you should not be docking pay if...

I left my job to care for my terminal ill father. I applied for unemployment and put laid off.

Yes, under these circumstances, you do have a chance if you can show there was no one else who could care for your father. Make sure you provide...

As someone who has frequented a few drinking holes in my time, I can certainly appreciate a buy-back from a bartender. This is a practice more...

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I was fired wrongfully and witnessed a pesticide going into a drinking product, what can I do?

If you worked for a private company and were not in a union, you almost certainly were an "at-will" employee, in the eyes of the law. At-will...

Can I file a complaint with the CA Dept of Fair Employment and Housing

In fact, whether you arbitrate or go to court, you would still need to exhaust your administrative prerequisite for unlawful discrimination or...

This employer has opened itself up to liability for retaliation because you exercised your legal right to complain about inappropriate behavior in...

If a person who owns a company owes me money and he will not pay unless I remove ads on craigslist he says i posted, what i do?

If the amount in question is less than $10,000, file a complaint against him or her in small claims court. Show him or her that you are serious....

You said you went to court and you lost. I assume you mean you had an administrative hearing and the administrative law judge ruled against you...

What is the best way to sue an employer for unpaid wages?

There is no "best" way to sue anybody for anything. Litigation, in any form, is stressful, time consuming, usually expensive, and no one can...

Are consistent paychecks & paycheck stubs enough proof to show in court that I worked for a company?

Don't be discouraged. These labor deputies are not attorneys and sometimes let their personal feelings affect their opinions on a claim. Their job...