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APRIL 2, 2015

I have a job interview next week, and in an email correspondence with the interviewer, she had an odd request that I’ve never been asked before. Is he legally allowed to withhold pay pending the outcome of an issue with a client? ” And if there’s a separate payroll department, she should contact them directly.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

” However, in practice, payroll would make weekly calls to salaried, exempt employees if they hadn’t accumulated at least 40 hours during the previous week. Is this legal? A previous employer used to require that salaried, exempt employees clock in and out every day. day of PTO. day of PTO.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

I have a question about a seemingly minor behavior – time of emails or general tech correspondence. It wasn’t like he would be asking about payroll deduction or anything related to my job. What they’re doing is actually legal — and pretty normal! Does it look bad to send emails late at night?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

I’ve never met these people at meetings or otherwise because until my performance issues are resolved, I will not be in a client facing role, although I have had minimal email correspondence with them. If it’s the former, that’s not at all legal. Whose fault is it? And what can I do?

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

When Randy ran payroll, the system spit out a paycheck and an envelope with my legal name on it—a name I didn’t use and didn’t want to see, much less for my colleagues to see. As a trans person who had not yet changed my name legally, I felt supported and respected. at work that does not “correspond to their biological sex.”

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MAY 5, 2016

The small company I work for (seven people) recently fired our VP (via phone, no less) and he trashed our office, stole contracts, payroll/billing files, employee files etc. Is there any legal thing we as employees can do to get our president to deal with this situation accordingly? This was seven weeks ago.

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