I WAS NOT GIVEN BENEFITS I WAS PROMISED IN PHILADELPHIA!
If you were promised wages or benefits and after 30 days you have not received them, then you would have a claim for breach of contract. Although you are likely employed "at will," and thus can be fired for any reason (unless the firing violates state or federal laws, Click Here to learn more), as long as you are employed your employer must honor its promises to pay you and to provide benefits it promised. You may want to consider making a demand upon your employer for the promised benefits, but you should speak with an attorney first on how to frame the demand, and also the pros and cons of making the demand.
Firing you because you are pregnant is illegal under both state and federal law.
CAN MY EMPLOYER CHANGE THE REASON FOR WHY IT FIRED ME TO WIN AN UNEMPLOYMENT HEARING?
This is a classic example of an employer trying to avoid paying unemployment benefits to a discharged employee. We have little doubt that the employer will be fighting any claim for unemployment that you may file on the grounds that you were terminated for willful misconduct. That is because if you are laid off due to lack of work,or terminated for ordinary "poor performance," the employer cannot successfully contest your claim for unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania.
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Don't Quit That Job Pennsylvania Employees if You Want to Get Unemployment Compensation Benefits!
No, it is illegal. Employers are required to pay commissions when due - by the following pay period. If the employer is not paying commissions on a timely basis, the company and the people who are responsible for withholding commissions are responsible, and may have to pay penalties and your attorneys fees. See Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law.
AM I ENTITLED TO BE PAID COMMISSIONS THAT CAME IN AFTER I WAS FIRED?
This is a common question. most companies have a written commission plan that says that an employee must be employed as of the date commissions are ordinarily paid out in order to be entitled to the commission. However, if the company does not have a plan that says that, or fires you on, say, the day before payment is due, then you may have a case.
Pennsylvania employers do not have to provide paid sick time UNLESS you work in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.
The 16 States (Plus
D.C.) That Have Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Policies
Here Are Some Major
Cities That Have Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Laws for Employees of Private
Employers
WHAT 34 STATES DO NOT HAVE ANY PAID SICK LEAVE LAWS FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYERS?
No, unfortunately neither state nor federal law require lunch breaks or break periods. However, sometimes we see companies that do not allow their employees to take lunch, but nevertheless dock them each day for a half-hour as if they had taken lunch. This is illegal. In other words, if you worked eight hours, you must be paid for eight hours. And, if the amount of time you actually worked exceeds 40 hours (because in docking you for 2.5 hours you actually worked, the employer has you working 40 hours when you actually worked 42.5), then you may be entitled to overtime payments.
We do not think it is ever appropriate to quit when faced with a pending termination - UNLESS you are offered a generous severance package so you don't have to worry about unemployment.
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