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Here are the answers to questions submitted to our attorneys about employment law issues. Questions are answered by primarily by Fair Measures attorneys Ann Kiernan and Rita M. Risser Chai. To search by specific workplace issues, please see our organized answers in our list of FAQs.
What does the federal law say about requiring an employee to self-identify about race/ethnicity? Steve Duggan replies: If an employee or applicant for employment is [...]
I was recently fired for a post on my private Facebook page which didn't mention where I work, or names of any sort. I believe [...]
I have an employee that calls in or leaves early at least once every other week if not every week. Reasons are stated as being [...]
The owner of my company constantly talks poorly and discriminatorily about Muslims and Arabs. While I am not one of those, I do find it extremely [...]
I was recently several weeks pregnant and due to complications was out on FMLA. I advised HR and supervisors because it was a requirement of [...]
In Texas, is an employer required to give payroll stubs if requested? I asked for a copy of stubs from my employer and was refused. [...]
My employer fired me for theft of a vacuum that my boyfriend took to try and fix, after he had advised another coworker of such. [...]
Ann Kiernan replies: Someone who doesn’t come to work and doesn’t produce while at work certainly can be fired. But, please don’t take the lazy [...]
May I ask those providing service under a contract to sign in and out using a time clock when they are on premises? (This is [...]
When an employee dies, who should get his W-2 forms? I got a call from someone who said she was his mother. Should I send [...]