If your boss ordered you to use a saw without a blade protector, you could file a complaint with OSHA. Much the same is true of requiring you to...

Can I cash out vacation hours that I have not used and just add them to my paycheck?

Generally, an employer is not required to comply with this request. In California, if you terminate (whether you quit or are fired) the employer...

Of course she can sue. And maybe she can even win. If so, it will be because of something you aren't aware of. For example, she may have had some...

I was hired with employer knowing my full time position duties and now questioning me about it?

Employment is a contractual relationship. Do you have a written contract with them? If so, what does it say about the reasons they can rely on to...

If I take two vacation days in a week, can my work require me to still put in 40 hours a week?

I'm eager to hear what other lawyers have to say about this, especially lawyers in Oklahoma. My answer is, once an employer pays you a salary...

The basic answer to your question is that it is hard to prove either age or gender discrimination, and it is harder to prove age discrimination...

If employees are making their own schedules can they opt out of a 15 minute break every 4 hours and work straight through 8 hour

Just wanted to urge you to contact a lawyer who represents employers and ask them for help drafting your manual. I can't imagine money better spent...

Is this legal?

I cannot possibly improve on the answer from my colleague Alice Baker. Let me add, then, that workers who give advance notice to their employers...

Can my friend collect Maryland unemployment benefits?

That's a very complicated question. I don't pretend to know whether your friend is eligible for unemployment benefits. But, 1) employees don't pay...

Can You get unemployment benefits if you are told your employer cannot meet your restrictions?

I don't know how things are in NY, but, here in California, the same agency that deals with unemployment benefits administers a "short term...