Arkansas Employment Legal Questions

A foreign national can visit his girlfriend in the United States on a visitor visa. After that he can return home, and if you choose you can sponsor him for a fiancée visa. Thereafter, he can return to the United States, where he can adjust status to get his green card after marriage to you. This can all be done if you are a US citizen. You should retain counsel anywhere in the United States for legal representation. Some of us charge a very affordable flat fee to handle the case from start to finish.... Read More

You have 2 issues.  The first, is if your salary and terms of employment have changed enough to allow you to quit for good reasons attributable to the employer.  Your state laws will indicate if you have lost enough in sales to meet this criteria. You should also meet with an attorney regarding your covenant not to compete.  Regardless of what the non-compete states, it is hard to enforce these in a sales position.  You should meet with an attorney who will review your agreement to see what you can and cannot do or if the agreement is enforceable... Read More

The law in most states is that employees are employed "at will", which means the employer can decide to terminate you whenever they want with or without any reason at all.  The exceptions to this are if the termination is based on discrimination (such as race, religion, age, gender, etc) or in retaliation for making a whistleblowing type complaint.  If neither of these apply to your case, then the employer can terminate you without any liability.  If the company could not decide if the abuse occurred, as oppossed to finding that the charge was false, then they probably took the safer path for them and terminated you.  This is unfair, but typically not illegal.   You can still file for unemployment and should speak to an attorney in your state to determine if any  other laws may protect you in your state... Read More

The answer depends on who the employer is telling about your drug test results.  If he is telling co-workers, then most definitely not.  The short answer is that the information should only be shared with those who have a medical or strong need to know.  Also depends on what is being said.  The rules may be a little looser if some such as a boss or HR person is told only that you failed at test.  Telling people what drug may have shown up would be a potential violation.  Speak to any attorney in your area for more details... Read More