Masters In Employment Law

Q. When do I want agreements with employees, contractors, and service providers (sometimes called SLAs?)

A. With overall employees, you want to have policies, but not job agreements. Typically, you should have employment agreements with employees that are important to the company or possess advantages that are unusual. Employment law is quite state specific, so make sure you consult an attorney in your state about your situation.

Q. I use written employment contracts with some but not all of my workers. Any problems with that sort?

A. coordinated contracts may or may not be used to memorialize a job relationship. An employer might have business reasons to provide contracts to a, but not all. This is in a company's discretion, given that contractual rights aren't granted to some employees and refused to others for some unlawfully discriminatory reason (e.g., race, sex, national origin, and age).

Q. When a worker is injured at work, what happens?

A. After injury or sickness occurs, it's the employees responsibility to complete a claim form and then submit it to the employer or the state workers' compensation agency/board. Normally, an employer is going to have the claim types available. The claim will be submitted by the company to the insurance company. The employer is given an opportunity to react to the claim. If he does not contest the claim, payment of salary and medical bills will be drawn up from the insurance company. If the employer contests the claim to find out whether or not or how much, compensation is owed to the worker A hearing can be scheduled.

Q. I have heard the terms 'at will' employees and 'for cause' workers ' What exactly does this jargon mean?

(1) that you have a contract (either implied, oral or written) with the employer that contains such a provision

Q. Does the federal law cover "same-sex" harassment?

A. Absolutely. A case decided by the US Supreme Court on March 4, 1998 entailed a male employee focusing on an off-shore oil rig, who claimed he was the victim of harassment from other workers. Sex sexual harassment is prohibited under the Federal law was held by the Supreme Court, and it doesn't matter if the same sex harasser was or was not a homosexual.