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      Non-Compete Question

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY Please look at the following Non-Compete... let me know your thoughts on it. Would this hold up in court if the former "Employer" is trying to fight their former "Employee" for taking clients and trying to switch their clients over to the...
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      Security Deposit Issue (Painting/Thermostat)

      State: NY County: Nassau My wife and I rented an apartment for one year. We recently moved out. The apartment was the 2nd floor of the landlords home. While we were there we had numerous issues with the landlord. When we first moved in he made us leave temporarily while he repaired the floors...
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      Possible Lawsuit?? - NY

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY I'm wondering what some of you may think here, whether I have a case or not. I was happily employed at a company for 6 1/2 years. I sent my resume to (what I thought) a larger corporation and they invited me in to talk. I ended up turning them...
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      Fired - Am I Eligible for UI?

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY I already filed but won't get to talk to someone for a few days, figured i'd post here, see what others think. I held a job as Project Manager. I started two weeks ago. I was fired today by the sales manager. My manager (VP) did not discuss...
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      Lunch Hours?

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY I recently started a new job where I was told the hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm On my first day I was told lunch is only 30 minutes long. I'm an excempt employee holding a title of "Project Manager" so im not paid for overtime, etc.. In the...
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      Right To See Utility Bill?

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY Quick question. In my lease with my landlord it states I'm to pay 1/3 of the utilities (we rent the upstairs of a "2 family" house, landlord lives downstairs). I have some concerns that we're being charged more then the utilities actually are...
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      Squeeky Floors + Construction

      NY State So question. I recently started renting a nice apartment on the 2nd floor of the landlords dwelling, he lives downstairs. Before we moved in he made complaints that the last people were thrown out because they were noisy constantly always in/out, but they had no issues with another...
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      No OT Pay Because of Vacation

      NY State Here So heres the scenario... I was on vacation Monday-Thursday. I came back Friday and put in my full time. I'm a salary employee and a manager. So I work extra hours all the time without pay. Im a field technician with computes. So I was asked to go to a client site from 6pm-9pm at...
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      Timekeeping Issue

      NY State Can my employer mandate their own "time" meaning, can they set what time the timeclock says. Problem here is that our timeclock is PC based and PC's sometimes have bad times, depending on issues with the CMOS/battery inside the PC, it can run fast. Well every few weeks our time clock...
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      Received Subpoena, Do I Have To Show

      I'm in NY State. Long Island. I'm a freelance photographer and took photos of a fatal car accident. I sold the photos to a local news outfit and posted others on my own website. About a year or so after the incident a lawyer bought some of the photos from me (quite common around here). Then he...
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      Vacation Time Changed

      This is in NY State. I work for a private company and when I started I signed some paperwork that went over vacation times/etc... What i signed basically stated that every year after my first year of employement I get 1 week of vacation. I'll be with the company for 5 years this upcoming...
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      Non-Compete Agreement - How Long To Sign?

      NY State. I was given a non-compete agreement to sign on Friday. How long should I be allowed to look over this contract before handing it back to the employer? Hes expecting it on Monday but thats only a weekend to look it over. I don't have official "legal" counsel but have friends who are...
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      No Heat, Lights - Landlord Won't Fix

      This is in NY state. We rent office space in the basement of a building. Our landlord owns the building and operates the business upstairs. Our setup is I think illegal and we are actually moving next month to a legal building that was just built. However right now we have some issues and im...
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      Change of Health Plans

      NY State My question is this... is there a minimum time an employee has to be notified that the employer is changing health plans (meaning switching providers)? Or can they change them over the course of a weekend?
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      Vacation Question

      NY State (Nassau County) Question thats coming up. I'm a salary employee. We've had a lot of people come in late so I suggested instead of constantly telling people to do better, to put some kind of "enforcement" in. So we came up with a "late 3 times, lose 1 vacation day" plan. Now... we...
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      No Stopping Bus Lane - Cop Blocked Me

      State: NY (Brooklyn) Today I was in Brooklyn at a client of mine. As i sat idle in front of their building, I was 1 vehicle in front of a "No Standing Bus Lane" sign speaking with someone on my passenger side. An NYPD Traffic Officer pulled up next to me on the driver's side (making the...
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      Forced Time Off

      NY State I'm a salary employee granted a week of vacation and a week of sick/personal time. After a disagreement my boss sent me home and stated that he is forcing me to take time off, which will be UNPAID. He will not allow me to use my vacation/sick time against this. To date, I have only...
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      Online Service Cancelled - How Do I Get A Subpoena?

      I'm in NY, the company is in Dallas, TX. I subscribed to this online service, its an online dating site (seems they are popular these days I decided to try it). Anyway... today my account was cancelled and I received tihs email: Dear XYZ, Please be advised that an email, which violates the...
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      Forced To Go Home Question

      State: NY (Long Island) So question... I'm a very very good asset to the place I work. I get a lot done and for the most part, we'll say that im one of the few employees the business needs. Today there was a little altercation with me and my boss. Now we have them once in a while but it never...
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      Tresspassing Citation

      I'm not sure if this goes here but heres my story.. I'm from NY (Suffolk County). Im a freelance photographer for a local newspaper. There was a car accident where one of the patients was airlifted to a hospital. They landed the helicopter at a school around midnight the other night. I drove...

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