Questions tagged [employment-agreement]
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Schizophrenia in the workplace: what reasonable accommodations could the afflicted ask for? [closed]
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This is inspired by this question of mine on Academia Stack Exchange, where I ask how best I could prepare for teaching responsibilities in a research academic role in spite of my main ...
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Employment Contract Update - What happens if I do not sign?
I have worked at a Company (London) for 11 years - it is now in a cash critical position and potentially will become insolvent / will be sold.
When I joined, my contract was basic and about 2 ...
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How to correctly say that I “changed my mind” and do it beautifully?
Not long ago, a company contacted me and offered me a job with them, since they were very interested in my candidacy. Communication proceeded easily, without breakdowns or other conflicts, everything ...
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HR make false promises before joining
I'm from India. I joined my new organisation 1 month ago.
Before joining recruiter/HR make promises that I will be working on the specific tool I’m only interested in but after joining manager and ...
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Sabbath Exemption on Saturdays [closed]
At my interview with my employer I told them that the only day I can't work is Saturdays due to my religious beliefs. I was told that was fine as long as I was ok with working on Sundays as the need ...
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Can my employer change the terms of my compensation in my employement contract, and do I have to agree with it? [closed]
Location: Ontario, Canada.
I'm current a full time employee at a small company in Ontario, Canada. My employment contract states that my yearly salary is X, and that I'm entitled to a bonus every year,...
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Startup going under - who owns the code? [closed]
I worked for a startup as a software developer. I never got an employment agreement. I never signed a NDA. I also never signed any non-compete document. In the beginning I was paid by direct deposit ...
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Company doesn't appear to be active in government registry
I'm offered a permanent position in a company.
When I look the company up, the company appears as "Inactive - Discontinued " since a few months before. This is in the federal registry. Name ...
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Company to contact future employers, if any, without my knowledge
On an employment contract i'm offered, there's a clause saying that The-Company can contact any one of my future employers in regard of my obligations -
"The-Company may inform prospective ...
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How to ask about potential breach before signing employment agreement
I just recently accepted a job offer and was sent the official employment agreement that I need to sign. I was reviewing the document and I noticed a clause that said I may be required to make ...
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Contract changed without permission
Before I state my question I would like to say that I'm not requesting legal advice. I've already reached out to a law firm regarding possible legal options.
I work through a contract agency as a ...
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Withdrawing form a job offer via a recruiter when "official" documents are to follow
My questions is tangentially related to this one (but slightly different): I've been offered a job, but my new employer won't give me a contract until after I give my notice
I have been given ...
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Is it fair for my company to ask that I handover my "Inventions" to them? [closed]
I've been employed at my current workplace for a few months now. This month all employees received an updated employment terms document, with one clause reading as follows:
This raises several ...
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What does it mean if I am non billable on my project yet a useful resource. Will they fire me?
I work as a non billable member in my company. But I complete my tasks assigned to me on time for my project. Is there a chance that in future my company will fire me just because I am non billable?
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Unemployment benefit: living in Canada, have worked in Germany [closed]
I have worked for 1 year and 3 months in Germany, and I was entitled to unemployment insurance in Germany up to six months with %60-%70 of my salary. I have recently moved to Canada, and I am ...
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New company gave me a job offer, but doesn't want the contract signed until my first day. Should I be worried?
I am currently working at company A. I got a job offer from company B after 10+ hours of interviews, references, a thorough background check, many conversations with HR etc. I am planning to give my ...
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How can I work simultaneously for more than one employer?
I am offered full time permanent contracts from three employers. Due to experience in the tasks of these jobs, I am confident I can fulfill all of them each day (by working around 12-14h per day). ...
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Training agreement query
I have got rentintion in place for two years, where I have to pay back £5,206, as I might got another job and I will leave in less then 12 months
Second, is there any other way, to come off this, as ...
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How can I change jobs with a long notice period while furloughed?
I work for an organization (and have been there for over a year) that requires you to give 3 months' notice for leaving.
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, we have all been furloughed since May and have ...
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Part of salary from gross revenue
I'm about to negotiate the dollars on a long-term project.
What i want is to get part of my salary as a percentage of the gross revenue.
So, it's gross revenue - not gross profit or stock options ...
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Are Employer pension plan and EI contributions necessary in Canada?
Is it alright that there is no mention of Canada pension plan and EI contributions in an employment contract or in the letter of employment offer? Do these happen automatically at predefined rates and ...
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Employment contract in a small company
A small Canadian company sent me an offer of employment in which there is nothing said about my salary figures (which does not concern me, as I and my employer have discussed this verbally). The only ...
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new job delay starting due to Coronavirus
I was supposed to start my new job on March 16, after quitting my old job (my last day was 3/1)
I have already signed a contract with my start date included, but two things:
I asked to postpone the ...
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Can my new employer require me to sign an agreement agreeing to repay training costs provided by another employee if I terminate by end of year?
I started my position in February and was presented today, 3/5/2020, with an "Employment Agreement" which states, in part, "If the employee terminates employment prior to December 31, 2020, liquidated ...
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Can my probation period be extended beyond the contractually agreed maximum? [closed]
On my contract letter / offer letter, it says "Probation period would be for three months which can further be extended for further three month totaling 6 months".
But the employer wants to extend it ...
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Being asked to sign a "termination certificate" 6 months after resigning
The company is registered in Delaware, US. But I worked for the branch in Europe.
I just got an email that I have to sign a "Termination Certificate" 6 months after quitting.
It states:
I also ...
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Full time software developer considering taking a part time lecturer at a college looking for advice on how to proceed
I am a full time software developer at a large company lets call it BigCompany (not the real name) and I would like to teach a few hours of computer science courses on the weekend at a community ...
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Contract Amendment with Promotion Offer
I have been offered a promotion within my company but the offer letter includes some changes to my existing employment contract. The main one which concerns me is a Mobility clause that allows them ...
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Worried about getting fired, but would like to give 2-3 months notice
I’ve been at my job as a junior copywriter for nearly two years. The standards where I work are very high and I’ve been struggling to keep up. They are concerned about my lack of progress (despite my ...
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How to work with a technician hired with a grant who argues everything
I am PI (Principal Investigator at University) of some projects (funded my H2020 grants). Some technicians have been hired to support the projects. I gave them the project proposal document so that ...
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What alternatives exist to at-will employment?
I'm in the process of negotiating a move from a UK subsidiary to US head office, based in Pennsylvania.
An element of my potential new employment that concerns me, is that it is 'at-will'. This is ...
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Can I reject a change to my employment contract with an on call clause? - UK
I've worked for few years for an IT company as software developer, the new management wants to amend all our contracts to introduce an on call clause.
In other words it means that all developers are ...
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Undecided employer?
I applied for a job. After two weeks they let me know that although I had enough skills and experience I won't be hired because of my three months notice period, and that they decided to hire another ...
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Does “date of agreed resignation” mean the date that I handed in my notice or does that mean by last day of work?
My contract says: From the date of his/her employment and for a period of one (1) months after the termination of his/her employment with the Company, the Employee shall not, without the Company's ...
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Former Employer just sent me an IP Agreement [duplicate]
A former employer of mine (5 years ago) just sent me an email out of the blue with an updated Intellectual Property Agreement notably more complex than the one I recall signing when I started with ...
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Employment contract and expected hours worked (UK)
In an employment contract it states the minimum number of hours which is 37.5 which appears to be the standard, however it also states that some flexibility is necessary and from time to time the ...
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Disclosing a confidential non-solicitation agreement
I recently accepted a job offer. One stipulation of the offer is that I "have fully disclosed...any...non-solicitation...agreement...to which you are a party...(and which you are permitted to disclose)...
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Original documents submission before joining a company
I recently received an offer from a company. The HR of the company called a few days back after the negotiations got over and said that they have a system of employing a third party to do a background ...
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Initial job offer (probation) changed and is different in the contract? I have declined other job offers. Now they have changed my starting date too
Here's my situation:
I have had several successful interviews and gotten 3 offers from different companies, and decided to accept an offer from one of them.
The thing is this, they had initially ...
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Should I agree to accept any further addition of rules to the company policy? [closed]
I have been a senior software engineer in an Indian based company and owners of the company are an Indian as well for the last two years. Recently all employees were given an agreement to sign. Below ...
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How to deal with disrespectful, unreliable employer?
I recently took a temporary job in a family-run bakery shop.
It was agreed on that I work for the first three days on probation and - if deemed helpful - could continue on a two-day-per-week basis.
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Company wants to negotiate lower salary after signed offer
I got an offer from a consulting company, signed it, and got it signed from them.
Now, their recruiter called me and said if I was open for negotiation. They want to decrease my salary.
They said it'...
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Can a company cancel employment 1 day before start day [closed]
I went through a very long process of interviewing and finally "the client" accepted and gave me a job offer(as a W2-consultant status) that I accepted.
I (docusign) signed an employment agreement to ...
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You MUST give notice [closed]
Since almost every state in the US is a Right to Work state, why do company employment agreements always say you must or are required to give X number of weeks notice before leaving a company? "Must/...
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Am I entitled to severance? [duplicate]
I've been working at a company for just 3 months. There are 2 issues:
I'm in sales and started with a good faith agreement that I'd make a certain % of commission on a territory they shared with me ...
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Was I Fired? Fired, then Boss changed mind? What does that mean? [closed]
After looking a long-weekend on a software project that needed to be out the client asap, I slept in on Monday morning (my schedule has no set hours). By the afternoon, I checked my e-mail and found ...
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How to approach employment agreement for a role planned to be part of a spinoff IPO
I am considering a role with large, well-known Company A and I've never worked there before. Company A has a business unit internally, called Team B, and there have been public announcements that Team ...
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Is it normal for NDA to disallow disclosure of personal opinion about the company? [closed]
The NDA I will have to sign contains a part about disallowing any public disclosure of personal opinion about the company and some company related things during employment and indefinitely after ...
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Acceptance of resignation letter with clauses [closed]
I have resigned from a company where I worked for 8 months. I have received a letter called "Acceptance of Resignation" which is 4 pages of clauses, and they're telling me to sign it.
It states the ...
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Best strategy for pushing back start date in a big company?
I verbally promised to a big company company that I'd be able to join in a month (the date they had in mind), then I realized that it'd be hard to do so before I finish my grad school (nearly ...
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