Ohio Employment Contracts Legal Questions

Why can she not work around dogs? If she has a disability/allergy which does not allow her to work around dogs, then she may need an accommodation. Employers must provide reasonable accommodations. Otherwise, I am unaware of any basis on which your wife could rely to object to working around a dog.    Ohio employment attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

If the amount you have not been paid is less than $3,000 you could file a lawsuit in small claims court. Or, you could file a complaint with the Ohio Department of Commerce's Wage and Hour Division. You have a claim for unpaid wages, including violations for not paying at least minimum wage since you were not paid anything. Your biggest hurdle may be the collectability of your former employer.   Ohio employment attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

Preserve any evidence you have of working the 21 hours. Contact the Ohio Department of Commerce's Wage and Hour Division and you should receive compensation for the hours you worked that you were not paid. Every employee is at least entitled to minimum wage. Since you were not paid anything, you obviously did not receive at least minimum wage. Employers can hire and fire employees for any reason if the reason does not violate the law. An employer could fire you for not having experience even if they said it would be ok previously. However, if there was really another motive for your termination (such as discrimination based on age, gender, pregnancy, disability, race, etc), then you may have a case.   Ohio employment attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

Contact an Ohio employment attorney to discuss your termination further. How many employees does the employer have? If there are more than 50 employees, you may have a claim for FMLA retaliation. Feel free to contact my office if you would like to discuss your termination.   Ohio employment attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

If you worked 1250 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding your new leave, then you are entitled to FMLA leave. Your employment with Staffmark should count towards the 12 month continuous employment required under the FMLA. You should contact an Ohio employment attorney.   Ohio FMLA attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

You would need an attorney to review the severance agreement before they would be able to properly advise you. Severance is essentially a contract, so if you breach the contract you are not likely to receive the benefit you bargained for ($5,000) since the company won't receive the benefit it sounds like it bargained for (your promise to remain an employee until September).   Ohio employment attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

If it has been more than 30 days since your regularly scheduled payday and you still have not been paid, then they have violated the Ohio prompt pay act. In addition, you haven't received at least minimum wage. You should either contact the local small claims court to pursue legal action on your own or contact the Ohio Department of Commerce's Wage and Hour Division.   Ohio overtime attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com ... Read More

You should contact an employment attorney. Employers cannot just pay you hourly or salary to not pay you overtime. You may be entitled to overtime pay for the last year. However, the deduction in pay is legal as long as you are paid overtime if you work overtime hours. The only requirement for wages is that they be above minimum wage.   Ohio Overtime Attorney www.mcoffmanlegal.com... Read More

Sure if you don't have a non-compete or other agreement restricting you from doing so. You may want to check your employee handbook to see if there is a policy against doing so and it would likely be worthwhile to discuss it with your employer so they don't find out and terminated your employment because they are not in agreement with you working for another company.   Ohio Employer Lawyer: www.mcoffmanlegal.com... Read More

Do you have what you are supposed to be paid in writing? If so, you may want to discuss it with them. However, unless you have an employment contract, your employer only have to pay at least minimum wage or the minimum requirements of the FLSA.   Ohio Employment Lawyer: mcoffmanlegal.com... Read More

Yes it is legal. You can be suspended or even terminated for any reason or no reason at all. The only time you cannot be suspended or terminated is if your employer is motivated by an unlawful reason. If you think you are being targeted for an unlawful reason contact an employment attorney.   Ohio Employment Attorney: www.mcoffmanlegal.com... Read More

Absent a contract which limits the reasons why you can fire the employee (either by saying something like employee can only be fired for good cause, or that employee will be employed for a term of no less than two years; the agreement could possibly be oral, or arise out of an employee handbook), you can fire her at any time for any reason, except those reasons prohibited by statute (age, gender, religion, etc.)  Assuming that you are not firing her for any such prohibited reason, you can fire her any time you want.  If you think there is a real possibility that she may lie and claim either that she had a contract that she wouldn't be fired except for specific reasons, or that she was terminated for some improper reason, such as discrimination based on her gender, you may want to pay her some severance pay in consideration of getting her to release any claims she may have.  ... Read More