Can I be fired after taking breaks for heart condition?
Posted 03-11-2015 Steve Duggan replies: You also advised that you have a pacemaker, need to take breaks to slow down your heart rate, and your boss [...]
About Steve Duggan
Steve Duggan graduated from the Law School at the University of Notre Dame while on active duty in the Air Force. He has extensive experience representing management litigating cases of wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and sexual harassment. Steve also has experience in all phases of administrative litigation of unfair labor practice charges, and class and individual complaints of employment discrimination. He has been an instructor of seminars for supervisors and managers on labor management relations and other personnel issues, and for lawyers in basic and advanced trial advocacy courses. Steve came on board with Fair Measures in 1998.I’m paid by the hour. Am I an employee or an independent contractor?
I drive a dump truck for a business. I’m paid by the hour; my employer provides the truck, tools, a cellphone, supplies; my boss sets [...]
Can my employer tell me I can’t have a second job?
My employer says that I can’t work a second job, and also seems to want to control how I spend my off duty time. Posted 03-11-2015 [...]
Can my employer fire me to hire a family member?
Posted 12-09-2014 Steve Duggan replies: Yes, an employer can do that, so long as that’s the real reason. Most employees in the U.S. are employees at [...]
Are union employers exempt from wage law?
I work as an hourly employee for a local union. In addition to my 40 hour work week, I am required to work at least [...]
How do I access my personnel file?
Do I need a lawyer to see my personnel file, or is there some type of form that I need to access it? Posted 12-09-2014 Steve [...]
Can boss make me transport co-workers without pay?
My boss made me pick up co-workers and drive them home for a year and a half, but refused to pay me gas costs or [...]
Forced to agree overtime exempt?
Can my employer make me sign an agreement that my job is overtime exempt, even if it is clearly not? Posted 09-08-2014 Steve Duggan replies: Such [...]
Is last day of work private information?
Is it a violation of employee privacy to post an employee’s last day of work, after they give notice of resignation, on an employee bulletin [...]
Affair at work, any business of my boss?
Can I get fired for having an affair with someone at work? We don’t report to each other and don’t even work together. Posted 03-04-2014 Steve [...]