Our boss is only giving few people three hour shifts. I live in California. Is that even legal?

Your boss can legally schedule you to work as few hours as he wants to schedule you. The "four-hour rule" you are referring to is a California...

Discrimination At Work

It depends on the reason the manager is mistreating you. As a general rule, it is legal for a manager to be unfair, unprofessional, and a...

This is legal. Your employer has to be able to manage its staffing needs. If the rule were otherwise, and all employees could take their vacation...

Can I file a lawsuit against the Comfort inn hotel

Unless something is going on that you have not mentioned, you do not have a viable legal claim against your former employer. Almost all workers in...

Can I be sued for breaking a verbal agreement?

In the state of Florida, an oral contract for services of the sort you have described is legally enforceable.

Can I sue a former employer for making false statements about me?

It depends on the exact words that your former supervisor used when she badmouthed you. The law of defamation (either libel or slander) treats...

Can my Massachusetts employer force me to see a psychiatrist before returning to work after an anxiety attack?

Your question raises two separate issues: (1) Can your employer legally require you to undergo a psychiatric fitness-for-duty examination at all? ...

Is my employer violating laws or my rights?

Your employer is legally required to take reasonable steps to: - prevent and deter sexual harassment; - make sure that sexual harassment stops,...

Is it considered retaliation, if my boss told me that I will not be getting a raise while receiving a written warning for false

This is legal. It is not illegal for your employer to treat you unfairly. The only time it is illegal for your boss to retaliate against you,...

Re the overtime pay issue: The federal overtime law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), measures the hours you work on a weekly basis only,...