SAME JOB FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT NO FMLA? QUESTION: I was hired through a staffing agency to work for an engineering firm, and worked for the company – with my pay and benefits from the staffing agency – for 10 months.
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HEY, WORKPLACE LOUDMOUTHS: WHAT YOU SAY MATTERS! QUESTION: I work in an office with a bunch of guys. Our cubicles are pretty close together, so it’s really easy to overhear other peoples’ conversations. Two of my male co-workers talk to each other
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This week’s question: Do I have to let my ex-spouse take my children on vacation? QUESTION: My ex-husband and I were just divorced this year and share custody of our children. We each get the children for 3 weeks in the summer
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This week’s question: QUESTION: Do I need a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, isn’t the form the hospital gives me enough? ANSWER: A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is essential to your estate plan. Other names for this
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QUESTION: Did you receive unemployment benefits in error or after you went back to work? Penalties – often severe – may apply for improper payment. Applying for unemployment insurance can be confusing: Applicants – and the Unemployment Insurance Agency itself – may
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QUESTION: I rent out a room in my house and I need to kick out my roommate. I told him he needs to go and he is refusing. My friends told me to just throw his stuff out onto the lawn. Can
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