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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? VA Government contract for a small company. There's a contract requirement, employees must be certified in a XYZ technology with 6 months of hire or they are fired. All training for the XYZ certification is on personal time and expense. Talking...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? virgina Good enough reason? Unfortunately, due to changing business needs, company x must rescind your offer of employment effective today.

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia At my employer, salaried exempt people have to make up anytime lost because of Sandy or use vacation to cover time lost. They we’re closed. It was not safe to travel to work. They will dock the money at the last pay period. Is there...

Virginia – The County I live in has personal property tax, so does my city. Every year the county mails out a letter to all registered property owners a form called “Return of Tangible Personal Property”. You must sign it and return by May 1st – or it is late. Being as the mail delivery is rural...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia I am little confused because my mortgage company reported me as over 30 days late to all 3 credit agencies because my escrow account had a shortage of $38.00, they wrote me about it in snail mail a month later saying that they do not...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia My employer is claiming that they mailed my paycheck. It''s been 10 days since pay day, and ofcourse the mortgage was due 10 days ago. I still work for them . They mail the checks from out of state. What are my options please? :mad...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia Several months ago, I gave notice to a former employer I was leaving, worked my 2 weeks and moved on. I had direct deposit with them, a month went by they kept depositing pay, I called asked them to stop of course. Now they are asking...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia. I called my old 401k management folks to get a full distribution of my money to send to my new employer’s 401k plan. The request was refused because my former employer never told them I did not work for them anymore, and the old...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia I am hourly non-exempt. My company has this weird rule. They only pay OT for weeks you have worked over 40 hours. If there is a paid holiday, then they will not pay OT until you have worked over 40, the paid holiday hours do not count as...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? VA I am an hourly non-exempt employee. My employer requires I use my own car for as much as 20 miles a day to do my job. I am not permitted to expense report the mileage for reimbursement. Is this legal?What is the name of your state (only U.S...

What is the name of your state? Virginia Liability Question There was an accidental fire at a vacation home that I own, while my guest were staying there, some family members, a sister and her family. The fire damaged a neighbors house. My homeowners insurance had liability, and my...

What is the name of your state? Virginia One day in we needed to clean up some leaves. We went to the town center, obtained a burn permit. When we first started to burn the leaves, within the first 60 seconds, a wind gust blew a burning ember into my neighbor’s yard, where he had dry leaves...

What is the name of your state? Virginia We we’re told by recruiters that the MEPS station has my son listed as PDQ for medical history reasons. What does that mean, is there any way to correct a PDQ if the medical situation no longer exist? How?

Misleading Applicants? What is the name of your state? Virginia Can a employer make false claims in description on a Job Posting on a State VEC Website in order to attract the best possible candidates for a start up company, then offer the applicants some lesser deal in hopes that there...

What is the name of your state? Virginia While vacationing at the summer home of a relative, we wanted to do some yard work to help spruce the place up. There was a very large amount of leaves, more then we felt could be reasonably be bagged. Since it’s a rural community, leaf burning is...