Madorkabell
Junior Member
I am in Georgia. I work in a specialized field and am exempt. I have been working for this employer for about 7 months.
I recently had the employer send me home on a one day suspension because it was my week on call and I took a vacation day to go to my spouse's grandmother's funeral. I missed two emails during the vacation day I took. The response was that he sent me home the next day after I came in with no pay.
My question is that when I was hired, I signed a no compete contract. I was told I was not allowed to do any work in my field outside of what I did in the business and had to drop all of my personal clients I had on the side from before I was working there. I was told specifically that I had to stop any work for anyone I knew. With this in mind, is it legal for them to use suspension with no pay as a form of disciplinary action considering I have signed a contract saying i can not make up this money outside of working for them?
I recently had the employer send me home on a one day suspension because it was my week on call and I took a vacation day to go to my spouse's grandmother's funeral. I missed two emails during the vacation day I took. The response was that he sent me home the next day after I came in with no pay.
My question is that when I was hired, I signed a no compete contract. I was told I was not allowed to do any work in my field outside of what I did in the business and had to drop all of my personal clients I had on the side from before I was working there. I was told specifically that I had to stop any work for anyone I knew. With this in mind, is it legal for them to use suspension with no pay as a form of disciplinary action considering I have signed a contract saying i can not make up this money outside of working for them?