Recent content by goodbirdie

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I had a fire in my condominium which started in my clothes dryer within my unit. There was nothing blatantly faulty with the dryer, the fire department's report labeled the fire unintentional, and my own condo owner's insurance's fire...

What is the name of your state? CA I received a nice bonus check recently due to the outstandingly good year my company had last year. That's the good news. :D From my normal paychecks, I have a certain percentage deducted every pay period for my 401K account. Unfortunately, that same...

What is the name of your state? --- A pregnant employee is not being permitted by mgmt to lay down during her lunch hour. It is not medically mandated that she do this, but for any who have been pregnant, you'll know that it's a welcome respite for the back and the feet/legs to get the feet up...

What is the name of your state? CA What are the differences between Exempt and Non-Exempt positions? Is this spelled out clearly and in detail anywhere? What about this kind of job: Title was Engineering Support Analyst, no technical degree required. The "analysis" was not of an...

What is the name of your state? CA. In order to be discriminated against because of race, do you have to belong to a protected group? Sounds like it, but a couple of us in an office are being treated badly and as obviously "unpreferred" because we are not the same race as the home company...