Questions tagged [rights]
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Given time off then it was taken back although the company voluntarily give us the time off
I work at an international medical facility in VA for a sub contractor business.
During Christmas, the facility shuts down from about the 21st of December until about the 3rd of January. When the ...
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What should you do when IT contact you during the night? [closed]
What should you do when IT contact you during the night? I am getting calls from IT when I am not paid to work overtime and more than 40 hours a day. Is this normal? Also, I am not even getting paid ...
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Illegally fired during maternity leave, harassed to return office equipment [closed]
My company’s HR ghosted me after giving birth. I had to announce the birth of my baby and sent them some paperwork and they never replied or congratulated me. Before that, while
on sick leave due to a ...
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Wrongful accusation of holding fake degree
My friend recently joined a large federal government organisation in Canada. A few of months into the job, she's applying to another job within the org. During the application, she's being accused of ...
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Can I get fired during COVID-19 for moving to another city in the same state?
Since the pandemic I am working remotely. I am in the process of moving to a different city (same state, 2 hour car commute away). I asked my employer for permission. The general notion was yes but ...
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Do I have right to unlock payslip and send to new company HR
I am currently working and looking for job change. I need to provide/upload last three months payslips to my new (next) company HR after completing interview process. I am from India. I am changing my ...
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Employer demanding "virtual police lineup" to identify employees who leaked salary info [closed]
I work with a team of engineers (remotely) in California (USA), and Quebec (Canada). Some people applied for various jobs at our company under false pretenses, i.e.:
Attended the remote interviews.
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Rights to Refuse Travel During Pandemic
I'm a programmer in Malaysia. I wrote a software module that will be used on a cruise ship that departs from Singapore and returns to Singapore, without going anywhere else.
My employer is requiring ...
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Do I 'own' work done separately for current employer? [closed]
I am on the payroll of a small company as a full-time employee. In my spare time I developed a small computer program that will automate a regular task done by another junior employee. This will free ...
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Employer not allowing me to telework during COVID-19
I work for a small start-up company with less than 20 employees in the USA. I am a foreign national on a work visa and I joined the company a few months back. My work involves programming and data ...
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Can my employer legally threaten to fire me unless I cut off in-person contact with the outside world? [closed]
I am currently working at a company in the United States. Out of privacy concerns, I cannot elaborate beyond that.
Over the past few weeks, our CEO has become increasingly concerned about COVID-19. ...
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My employer has written bad reviews on my relieving letter, he is deliberately spreading bad reviews
My employer is threatening me, he told, he will give negative feedback in bgv, he is trying to defame my image. what action can I take in india
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Can my employer moderate the use of my personal Twitter?
I work for a public entity (public service for a US state government, executive branch), and my field is data science/statistics.
In my personal life I am involved in environmentalism, with ...
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Can an employer lay off employees without any consequences?
The main reason for this question is what most people tend to do when searching for a new job - don't let your boss know you are looking for another job until you have found it. Main reason is that ...
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Should I tell my personal feelings to the director of a research lab where I participated in a study
Should I tell the director of a lab in a business school how I was personally affected about thier actions while participating in a study? I post this in "workplace" because even though I am a student ...
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Can my boss ask people if I'm truly sick? [closed]
I work in a store that's attached to another store that my boyfriend works at. He recently got sick for a week then I got sick shortly after. When he returned to work my manager went to talk to his ...
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EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) information - voluntary?
I got from a US employer an "EEOC information" form to fill, after getting an offer letter.
Questions on the form are:
race
highest academic degree
gender
disabled
veteran (I assume US military)
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Taking lunch at a different time [closed]
I am currently working as an intern in a company in Singapore. My work period is 8 months and I do not have any leave that I can claim/take. If I want to take leave, I have to take an MC (medical ...
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Vacation Balance Dispute [closed]
I accepted job offer based on agreed two weeks paid vacation available year one. When I received written job offer from recruiter that negotiated on my behalf job offer stated "vacation per employee ...
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Team of sales reps all under plan, I'm the only one put on a PIP [closed]
Title says it all. My team is part of an emerging market and we all had a rough year. We were all under plan, but I wasn't last on team. For some reason, I was the only one put on a PIP by my manager. ...
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Do I have to answer employer when asked about conversations with coworkers? [closed]
I'm going through a messy situation with my employer (described here to some extent). I'm still on the PIP despite telling them I will not give the written statement they wanted me to give. They seem ...
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Can I be fired without a reason? What are my rights? [closed]
In 2012 I was hired by a private practice healthcare professional to do her insurance billing. At the time it was just her and her front desk person. She was in "retirement mode" and hardly coming to ...
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Employer took a contract that conflicts with my morals: potential consequences of opposing this?
Yesterday I found out that my office is doing a job for a project that I think is against my personal morals. It is nothing illegal or shady, but related to animal freedoms/factory farming. I was ...
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What do you do if your colleague tells your mom that you got fired but your boss hasn't told you themselves?
My boyfriend recently got fired from work but nobody told him as they told me and his mom instead and it wasn't even the manager who said anything it was his colleague, how would we go about solving ...
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Dismissed when probation period ended and notice period expired [closed]
I just started to work on a company the 4th of April. My probation was supported to end the 4th July. In my contract, as I can read, I should be notified with one week in advance in case of dismissal. ...
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I told a supervisor that I'm seeing a psychologist. What repercussions should I expect and how should I handle them? [closed]
I've been seeing a psychologist once a week for over a year now and it's only occasionally directly interfered with my ability to get work done. However, there are some days where there will be a non-...
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Should I list a company on my resume after they bullied me out?
I have been working for this medical practice as a receptionist for the past 3.5 years. They aren't exactly lawful in their operation and let's just say a few past employees had to go to Industrial ...
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Promised contract but not receiving one [duplicate]
I was working for a company for over 6 months. I had passed my probation period and continued as a part-timer. Once you had passed your probation period you were entitled to apply as zero hour ...
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Still on Old Employers' Team page on their website
It's nearly 2 months since I left my previous employer, and I'm still displayed on their site as en employee on their 'Team' page.
I have sent them a polite email asking for removal but I've ...
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In UK, Can a company extend the probation period after it ended?
I just finished the probation period at my new job and everything seems OK. However, there is no interest in following the procedure to effectively finish my probation period, it's all up in the air. ...
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