Here are some legal aspects which refer to what your boss isn’t allowed to do to you:
1. During the hiring process, they are not allowed to ask you prohibited questions
They can’t let factors influence the hiring process and so they are not allowed to ask you about personal things such as marital status, age, plans regarding pregnancy, religion and so on.
This also can lead to many discrimination controversies.
2. They can’t ask you to sign a broad non-compete agreement
These agreements have become really popular lately. They usually say that for an amount of time after you left the company you can’t go to the competition and work for them.
Very few states, like California, forbid them. But signing stuff like that can make it very hard for you to get a job in the field after you quit or lost your job.
3. They can’t prohibit you from discussing your salary with your colleagues
They don’t like it, but they can’t forbid you to do it. When it comes to gender equality laws, this can potentially become a problem because if they don’t allow you to discuss salaries with others then there will be no problems.
4. If they don’t pay your overtime that’s a problem
There’s a strict law which says you can’t not pay your employee if they worked more than 40 hours in just one week. Only some states have laws that require to pay the overtime for those working more than 8 hours per day.
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Are all these laws applicable to wage & salaried people?
Hello, my name is Joseph.
I don’t know how to really put this, but I’ll do my best. I was released or let go from this automotive dealership after being employeed there for a little over three years. I was promoted to a Lead position within my first year, then COVID-19 hit. Out of 20 sum auto Technicians, I was 1 of 4 selected to work during the COVID-19 Shut Down.
Shortly after everyone was given the green light to come back to work, I was informed that we lost our Service Manager,(my immediate supervisor).
So, trying to make it short as possible. In the three years working there, I’ve been through, and worked under, I believe it’s like 6 or 7 different managers. Every single one of them handed/gave my position and higher pay to another Technician with me, finding out from other Technicians. The last one was the slap in the face. That Manager was already employed there as the Assistant Manager and aware of everything and everyone’s work station and duties. Management was well aware of my personal issues I was going through. Custody battle with my 1st ex-wife, process of 2nd divorce(losing everything, including my vehicle for work and visitation with my kids). That Manager held a mandatory crew meeting during all of that. That’s where and when I lost my position again, but this time to a 19 year old girl, who he, my former manager, brought in from another dealership he came from. Not only did she take my job from me she recieved pay well passed what I was given. I I formed Management about her and another tech, smoking Marijuana on company grounds during their breaks. If I. Not mistaken, was reported by customer(s), too.
Was he in the WRONG, for letting go like that? Oh, and never received my last paycheck also, till this day.
My company recently announced an across the board raise to reflect the economic growth since Covid 19. I have been employed by this hospital 18 + yrs. I was told I wouldn’t be eligible because of absenteeism. My yearly evaluation is in April. Is this common practice? To withhold economic recovery benefits for diciplinary reasons? I feel like I’ve been duped