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What to do if my employer is trying to give me a 1099 but treat it as a W-2?

She is offering to pay the employer half of the taxes so 7.65% as she would with a W-2 employee not an independent contractor as…

Is it law to receive differential pay when working night shift?

If I was unknowingly engaged in perjury with the IRS on behalf of my former employer, can they use me as a “fall guy”?

I was responsible for verifying information on behalf of my company with the IRS. Although we were in violation of the IRS system’s terms of…

Can an employer use a new contract without employee’s signature?

Employer is requesting employee to take substantial pay cut so company can recover from client not paying. They say that they can use new contract…

Is it discrimination if I was told that I didn’t get a position because I have conrows in my hair?

Can my company allow us to get more PTO if we sign a form opting out of being paid for PTO days if we leave the company for any reason?

My company is considering changing our vacation policy to either 20 combined PTO days, or 15 days of vacation leave and 12 days of sick…

I was let go from a software company and have been paid for my hours worked, however, have not received my commission check?

We got paid on the 7 and the 20th. The second paycheck is all commissions due from the month previous. I had contacted HR and…

If I am a contractor for a firm where I am assigned an office I am required to use and a power surge from an outlet destroyed my laptop, should they pay?

I am a contractor for a firm where I am assigned an office that I am required to use.The nature of the job does not…

What to do if my employer deducts my hours even though I’m a salary employee but when I work overtime I don’t get compensated?

I was told by someone that was illegal. Is that true?

Can I file a legal suit against a previous employer for causing me economic hardship?

My employer was negligent and allowed known stress-causing conditions to persist on the workplace without taking reasonable measures to prevent them. The employer tried to…