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Alabama - Our nephew is 16 years old. Both his mom and dad live in the same city as us. They have been divorced for more than 10 years. His mom has full custody. Both of his parents have now abandoned him and have no desire to raise him and do not provide any financial support. His mom is...

What is the name of your state? Alabama I didn't know if this falls under discrimination or firing. I have a co-worker whose son is employed by a local company to drive a truck to restock vending machines. His CDL (Commerical Driving Liscence) has been revoked because he is taking insuline...

What is the name of your state? Alabama Is there a website that talks about Alabama lunch breaks? The place where I work is hourly and we are open 24 x 7/ 365 days a year. We have two groups who do the same work - one work 5 days a week/8 hours a day and the other works 4 days a week/10...

What is the name of your state? Alabama My son is 7 years old and is on a medication that he has to take 2 times a day - once in the morning and once in the afternoon. The two doses are to be 9 to 12 hours apart. We give our the son the morning dose and his after-school daycare gives him the...

Does this apply to a government contract? I thought that if you are scheduled for a particular shift and then asked to work a different shift that you still work your shift?

What is the name of your state? Alabama Not sure if this is the correct place to post this question. Need help. I work on a government contract. We just went hourly. We were told that there is no overtime unless it is approved. We are a 24x7 operation. They are asking for volunteers to...

What does that mean? That they are not required by law to give their employees an employee handbook or a code of ethics handbook?

What is the name of your state? Alabama Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question but could not find any other place. I work on a federal contract. Contract just recently changed and taken over by a new company. I work for a subcontractor for the main contractor. We have...

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I do not need anymore advice from you on this matter. I've spoken to a lawyer friend here that I know and he's informed me on some other information regarding this matter. I, like anyone else, am disappointed in the fact that there was "one-on-one" communication going on between me and this...

I do have a certified letter from the university that shows my degree and my transcripts and have had one for several weeks. I would of gladly given this to them if they had told me that they needed it. That's the problem..........I WAS NEVER TOLD that this information was needed and never...

The business asked me for the telephone number of the university that I attended and spoke to an individual who informed them that the unversity takes care of this information via the internet. After the business did not receive the information in an "appropriate" time frame, they tried again...

That's easy for you to say. You have not been unemployed for 5 solid months and trying to support a family of 4 and pay a mortgage. My field is specialized and jobs do not come across that often. This was not just a "job" that I applied for and can pursue another one of the same kind and amount...

But if this verification process is "required"as part of their hiring process and they have to have this information to continue on, shouldn't the applicant be told that this is information is "required"? If I had been told that this information was required and they were having a hard time...

What is the name of your state? Alabama I applied for a job and went through the nterviewing process. the interview went very well & the person I interviewed with was very impressed. I was told a decision would be made within 3 weeks. 2 weeks later I received a call from HR asking for the name...