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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Workplace Harrassment? Manager Spit On Me
A Reader Asks This Question: I’m am now experiencing a major issue with a manager at my part time job. It has a lot do with gossiping, dishonesty, and developing a hostile work environment with an employee. The issue … Continue reading
Military Veterans Job Discrimination
A Reader Asks This Question: I been wondering about possible discrimination that’s happening at my job. I work in a casino and my department is made up of only war veterans and disabled war veterans. I proudly served my … Continue reading
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Unemployment Compensation Law and the Self-Employed
As everyone knows, the current financial climate is precarious at best, which makes knowing one’s rights under Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law vital to one’s financial future. Conventional wisdom, which is largely correct, is the following: an employer must pay unemployment compensation taxes for employees and those employees can collect unemployment compensation benefits if separated from employment (presuming, of course, they meet the statutory eligibility requirements). For unemployment compensation purposes, an employee is basically defined as someone who is dependent upon the business for which he works for income, works for a fixed rate of remuneration from the business for which he works, and whose work is completely controlled by that same business. Continue reading