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- I got my cat microchipped the next day she was dead.
- My (M52) father (M84) died and we found a lot of cash hidden at his home. My brother (M58) wants to keep it secret but I'm worried what could happen. Seeking legal advice.
- Being sued for enforcing company mask policy
- [Update] [ME] Hookup reported me to the police
- (MO) A dealership damaged the blower motor in my car while attempting to replace air cabin filter. I have audio from my dashcam of them joking about the noises it was making and saying things like 'well there isn't anything I can do about it now'. They never told me, and just left me to deal with it
- [Update]: being sued for not reporting abuse I suffered
- Customer Drank Hand Sanitizer
- My city prohibits mailboxes by ordinance. Can I require the city to pay for me to get a PO box? [Park City, UT]
- Man cut my 84 year old grandmothers tree before the hurricane. Need to know what to do
- My girlfriend’s apartment complex may be charging her bogus fees and has now sent her an evicting notice for a week after her lease is up
- (MI)Had an ADHD moment and left my prescription in my shopping cart. They were gone when I got back to the grocery store after realizing. Now there are two bottles of a controlled substance that literally have my name on them floating around.
- My husband signed my sons birth certificate, but he isn’t the father
- Sister wants me to pay back rent on house we own.
- My husband has me in debt for over $800K and now we may get a divorce or anullment. Will I owe the debt.
- [TX] Renting a room in my own house, do I have to accommodate a tenant's "service dog"?
- Pressed assault charges. Cops never served papers?
- Moved into a new house, old landlord is asking for more money
- I've bought a house and it seems to have undisclosed foundation issues
- Workplace opting everyone in as tobacco users, despite actual tobacco use.
- The man I assume to be my biological father just passed away is there a way I could get a court order for a DNA test to find the truth?
- Person who purchased my previous home is asking me to replace the HVAC unit 9 months after sale.
- My boss threw all his employees who claimed unemployment under the bus
- My landlord raised our rent and we cannot pay it. Can they evict us? Family in dire situation, advice needed quickly.
- [ND - USA] Employer requires a specific bank (themselves) for direct deposit.
| I got my cat microchipped the next day she was dead. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 03:51 PM PDT My kitten got a microchip from a vet. She was bleeding quite a bit. I went back in because I needed a napkin cuz she was bleeding so badly. so I showed them my hand and said is this normal she's bleeding? They said yes it is she's just a tiny kitten go home and put pressure on it and it will all be fine. So that's exactly what I did I went home I put pressure on it I got it to stop bleeding for about 2 hours. then it started bleeding again so I called them back and let them know it was bleeding. They told me again it was normal I inform them that there was a lot of blood they said she's tiny she's going to bleed just continued to put pressure on it. So I put pressure on it the best I could throughout the night. when I woke up the next morning she was covered in blood I had to rush her to an emergency vet because my main vet was closed. The emergency vet charged me over $700. She ended up dying. They couldn't tell why she was bleeding so much. They couldn't tell if she was anemic because of the blood loss or anemic because of an underlying issue. My problem is the first vet told me everything was normal twice. When it clearly wasn't. Should they have to pay for the second vet? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 03:27 AM PDT My father died last year unexpectedly in a car accident. His will left everything to my brother and I. My parents were middle class and as far as we thought, their only significant assets were their house, some jewelry and antiques. My brother wanted the house and I let him buy my share when the estate was settled. A few months later he was remodeling and discovered a hidden compartment under carpet in Dad's office. Inside there was $238,000 in cash. We don't know how Dad got the money. He never said anything about it. The bills range in age from the 1970s to the 2010s, and my brother thinks Dad was hoarding cash his whole life. I don't think so, because when my Mom was ill with cancer (she died 10 years ago) they got so deep in debt that they had to borrow $25,000 from me. The only thing I can think of is that he made it gambling. He wasn't a big time casino guy but did enjoy a trip to Vegas every year or two. My brother wants to split the cash and keep it a secret. He said to just spend it over years in small increments, on things like groceries or clothes. I'm not comfortable with this for several reasons. One because I don't want that much cash laying around, but mostly because I am worried about the repercussions if we get caught. I am also worried about reporting the cash to authorities because I worry the cash may be connected to something illegal. My Dad lived in North Carolina and so does my brother. I live in Virginia. I want to know the potential legal consequences of keeping the money without reporting it. Also, is there a possibility the money could be seized in an investigation, and never returned or held for years? My brother thinks that would happen. [link] [comments] |
| Being sued for enforcing company mask policy Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:18 AM PDT My boss just informed me that he received a call from a lawyer and he and I are being sued for enforcing our company policy on wearing masks in our store. I pretty vividly remember the encounter and that she recorded us on her cellphone the entire time. Can she sue us personally for a company policy? And can she record us without permission? We are in Arizona. [link] [comments] |
| [Update] [ME] Hookup reported me to the police Posted: 04 Aug 2020 06:50 PM PDT The day of my original post, I continued to recieve messages from the person, none referencing the police or any issues. It was actually more being rather aggressive and abusive about meeting up again. I also started calling around criminal defense lawyers, which is why I'm making this post. I called four local criminal defense offices. One advised that they would be able to take me on an immediate basis (which seems odd for criminal defense, but these are strange times). Three set up times the next day to go over matters, two via Zoom and one in person. The first Zoom meeting covered the basics of events and what evidence I had in my favor. It was roughly 20 minutes, at which point I was quoted a rate of $450 an hour with an expected minimum of 3 hours. As I don't have $1350 to clear my name, I told them that I was still consulting with other offices and would get back to thwm. The second Zoom call ended up double-booked with a job interview (apparently they only set up one Zoom account for the entire office). I gave a brief (<5 minute) rundown of events, and the lawyer entered into a story of how they proceeded with a previous client from start to finish. I was a bit taken aback, and asked how they thought (in my case) to immediately proceed, to which he said doing an in-depth interview and setting up a polygraph for myself. That seemed fairly odd, so I decided to push through and ask what rates would be. At this point he said that he wouldnt be discussing rates, because I hadn't given him the go ahead that we would be proceeding together. At that point he effectively said that he didnt thinknwe would be a good match and that I would not be taken on. Question: is it standard/normal/whatever for lawyers to refuse to discuss rates at this stage?The third meeting was set in person. I met at the office, we went in, spent about 30 minutes going over events and evidence. He had recently finished a case involving the same detective, and alluded to her being particularly aggressive in investigations. Early in the meeting he made a brief call to the detective to confirm where things stood, and eventually he made a call to dictate events as I had told him. So to jump back in time to that morning, I has received another call from the detective. I advised her that while I was eager to have this issue cleared, it was potentially very serious and I was seeking legal council that day. I did get out of her additional details from my hookup, which included another meeting including someone in had not met, that two rape-kits had been done (after bother "events"), that they had a history of mental illness and making false statements. I was repeatedly advised not to waste my money on a lawyer, to which I responded that considering the seriousness I did not feel comfortable proceeding without covering everything completely. The only information I provided was in response to a comment about the rape kit and that I would be in trouble if I claimed nothing happened and they found semen; I truthfully responded "you will not", as no form of penetration let alone ejaculation happened. Jumping forward again, there was a roughly 20 minute phone call with the detective. I clarified 1 or 2 questions from the detective. My lawyer asked the detective if matters with me were done, which the detective confirmed. As this had rather escalated with my HR department, the detective offered to confirm via phone and writing that there was no suspicion of crimes and no charges would be made. I commented that I would greatly appreciate that, as this had directly risked my job and I needed that issue closed sooner rather than later. My lawyer billed me for an hour ($375) which I'm getting to in the next week. After I left the legal office I called my head of HR to confirm that everything was taken care of. I then also called my colleague (technically manager) who was only aware that something serious involving HR happened, and in disclosure with him had a bit of a nervous laugh together over the whole thing. I've also opened a support ticket with the dating app to have their account suspended, as this is apparently a pathological issue on their part. Thanks to the couple of people in the original post who offered advice beyond basic knowledge as well as those who granted me a sanity check on my behaviour. Fuck you to the people PMing about how inshouldnt drop the soap and the like. Hopefully these two posts will give some info for people moving forward. Mods, if this could at least be briefly left open so that I could have my above question responded to for future use and general knowledge? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 06:22 PM PDT Missouri. Dropped my car off for oil change + cabin air filter change yesterday. I noticed a dreadfully loud noise coming from my fans this morning. Checked the dashcam footage just a little bit ago, and listened to them joking about the noise with profanities, and saying 'well there isn't anything I can do about it now'. Other banter like "uhhh is it supposed to make that noise?" - "uhhh yeahhhhh sure" *laugh*. Trying to understand if I should present this audio that my dashcam captured to the managers, and if there could be any potential legal ramifications for the camera recording audio during this point. It was in plain sight mounted on my rear and front windows if that matters. They didn't fix it, they didn't replace it and they didn't tell me about it. I found out via the audio that they also accidentally damaged and replaced the door actuator somehow so I think they were inexperienced. As a side question that is more just 'advice' than 'legal advice' maybe, I am wondering if I should be upfront about the recordings with management immediately, or not disclose that I have it at all. [link] [comments] |
| [Update]: being sued for not reporting abuse I suffered Posted: 04 Aug 2020 07:13 AM PDT The police in the city where my father lives called me again, they told me it was about my father. I answered that he is out of my life and I don't know anything about him or his crimes and I haven't talked to him in over 18 years. I thought that would be the end of it but it turns out that my p.o.s. father used my identity in some of his fraudulent schemes, which is also why his wife was after me initially (she thought I was aware of it and complicit). I started shitting bricks so I took your advice and lawyered up and thankfully we were able to prove that it was identity theft easily. Actually the police had no trouble believing me because he has stolen a lot of other identities. They also encouraged me to come forward about the violence to add even more weight to his other kids accusations. The officers were kind and understanding and they told me where to get help if the process is too hard on me. The third wife harassed me for a few weeks to take her rage at me and accuse me of being irresponsible and a coward for not reporting my father's abuse. She stopped communicating with me so I imagine we're good. Anyway if she sues me I have a lawyer now... [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:34 AM PDT My parents own a cafe. We recently opened and due to COVID we have sanitizing products everywhere. A bottle of hand sanitizer was next to our trash/condiment area. Can they sue us for pumping the hand sanitizer in their coffee and drinking it? The person (edit: elderly Asian male) ended up in the ER. Bottle was turned 180 degrees, but ingredients of hand sanitizer were on the back. Sorry if this is stupid. I'm just scared for my parents. EDIT: The county we are in requires restaurants to have hand sanitizer all though the stores. I honestly don't think we would've had hand sanitizer placed there if not for the new COVID regulations. EDIT: I've decided to upload the stand image! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:27 PM PDT The city of Park City, Utah prohibits mailboxes in a certain part of the city due to skinny streets where snow maintenance would be difficult. Historically, the Postmaster has approved no-fee PO boxes on the basis that the addresses were undeliverable, but recently USPS has designated many of these addresses as deliverable. In other words, the USPS' new official policy is "we would deliver to you if you had a mailbox, and it's not our fault that you can't have a mailbox, so it's not our fault that you can't receive mail, so we're not required to give you a no-fee PO box." Since it is, in fact, the city that forbids residents from receiving mail, but not USPS, is there any legal basis that I could explore to require the city to pay for me to get a PO box? Behold the drama that this causes in our city. Some light reading for your pleasure: [link] [comments] |
| Man cut my 84 year old grandmothers tree before the hurricane. Need to know what to do Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:15 AM PDT The son in law of my grandmother's neighbor. Went over to my grandmother's house and cut the tree in the base diagonal more then half way through, so when the hurricane came it will fall on her house. The hurricane came and went but it didn't fall. Called the police when it happen to get a report. What can we do now. This happened in north Carolina. The tree was ok but now it is a hazard. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:33 PM PDT Hi everyone. On July 18th somebody threw a rock through my girlfriend's bedroom window. Luckily nobody was in the room and no one was hurt. She put in a maintenance request to have the window fixed, but due to coronavirus, maintenance is currently only responding to emergency requests. She called the management office to see if this would be considered an emergency, as her lease is up on August 7th and didn't want the window taken out of her security deposit. The management office was extremely condescending and rude to her, but the gist of the conversation was that they were holding her responsible for the damage and required her to pay for the repairs ($85), asking her to file a police report for the incident and stating that her renters insurance would reimburse her and that the window would be fixed the next day. She filed a police report, but the window had yet to be fixed. After making several calls to the management where she was talked down to and shifted from one person to another, they finally got the window replaced. They gave her a deadline of August 1st to pay the repair fee. However, when she contacted her renters insurance, they were confused by the management's statements and told her that she should not be liable for the repair fee. Not wanting to get hit with a late fee on top of the repair fee and wanting the whole ordeal to be over, she wrote a check for the repair, and after having to deal with the management's incompetence and disrespect, wrote "Window repair - fuck you!" in the comment section. She dropped the check off via their office mail slot on August 1st. On August 3rd, management left a letter on her door notifying her that she was in violation of her lease agreement for "Prohibited Conduct Received offensive content that contained verbiage that was disturbing and threatening to office staff." and that if the "breeches of the lease agreement are not remedied in 10 days (August 13th), you will be required to vacate the premises. She also received an email saying that they had issued the 10 day notice and added a $25 notice fee onto her account. From what we can find, the part of the lease agreement they are referencing states that "You... may not engage in the following activities: ...;disturbing or threatening the rights, comfort, health, safety, or convenience of others (including our agents and employees) in or near the apartment community." We also found that in the state of Arizona, unless it is specified in the lease agreement, landlords cannot hold tenets financially responsible for acts of God, which we feel this incident would fall under as there is no clear reason why the rock was thrown. We suspect it was just some kids playing and it was an accident. The company that owns the property also has a history of making tenets pay illegitimate fees; in Maryland there was a lawsuit against them for such activities in which they settled in 2019. We have several questions: Was the repair fee they charged her legitimate? If not, how would we get this money back? Was a naughty word on a check sufficient ground for them to issue an eviction notice (they never asked her to write a new check so it seems like it isn't stopping them from depositing it)? What's the point of them issuing such a notice if her original lease agreement is up on the 7th and she's leaving anyway? What happens if she ignores the $25 notice fee? Could they pursue further legal/financial action? She is worried it may affect her credit score and background check results when pursuing employment in the future, and that they will continue to drag this out after she leaves. Some potentially useful background information: This is in Tempe, Arizona My girlfriend has two roommates. During the year they have lived there the complex was bought out and had a change of management; this was several months ago. They had no issues with the previous management. I can also post an Imgur link with the notice, email, and lease agreement excerpt (with redacted names) if that would be helpful. Thank you all. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:42 PM PDT I was refilling my prescription for Adderall while I was grocery shopping. I left my filled prescription in my shopping cart when I returned it after putting my groceries in my trunk. Just kind of tossed the meds that make it so I can function into the cart corral and drove off. As my username suggests, me doing shit like this is why I need Adderall in the first place. Unsurprisingly, nobody had turned the free 30 day supply of stimulants back to the grocery store pharmacy when I went back. My question is, should I let the police know? Will I be on the hook for anything if they turn up? Or, does the normal advice of don't talk to the police apply here? [link] [comments] |
| My husband signed my sons birth certificate, but he isn’t the father Posted: 04 Aug 2020 05:16 PM PDT My husband and I have been married for 7 years and have a son together. We separated and were going through a divorce about 5 years ago when I began seeing another man. I became pregnant by this other man. He left when he found out about the pregnancy and didn't want anything to do with the baby or me. My husband found out I was pregnant and wanted to work things out. Miraculously, we did and are very happy together as a family of 4. He signed the birth certificate of my second son, who is biologically not his. We have no plans to tell either of the boys that they don't have the same father. I know this isn't "ethical" to some but we decided together and are sticking to it. Now 4 years later, the other man, the biological father of my youngest, found me on Facebook and has been reaching out asking about my son and saying he wants a paternity test (apparently he and his now wife cannot have kids and they want mine?!). What can I do? If he petitioned the court or sued for a paternity test could he establish paternity and demand my husbands name be removed from the birth certificate? Help. EDIT: state of Tennessee [link] [comments] |
| Sister wants me to pay back rent on house we own. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 12:38 PM PDT [Rhode Island] Late 2017 my mother passed away and she had a rental property to her name. My siblings and I have not yet gone to probate court, but we (mostly my siblings) manage the property. I have been living in this house for almost 3 years. I do not pay rent. It was agreed upon, by my siblings and I, that I would not pay rent. I offered, they collectively said no. My sister wants to wait a year to go to probate court so that she can continue collecting government assistance (housing vouchers, disability, and Medicare.) She now says that when we go through probate, get it in our names, and then sell, that I have to pay back rent for all the time that I've been living their rent free. She claims her lawyer told her this. I ordinarily wouldn't care too much, however, the apartment I have been in is not even in rentable condition. I'm responsible for any repairs and she refuses to use any money from the rental income to fix it. There has never been a time when I paid rent to her it was expected to. She didn't even tell me I have to pay rent now, just that I will owe a massive bill of back rent out of my portion of money from when we sell. Is this enforceable? I have my two brothers that can attest that there was no obligation for me to pay rent ever at this house while I live there. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 05:03 AM PDT I live in Knoxville, TN. My now husband as of 11/6/19 bought a property in the summer of 2019 and built a home for "us" on it. He initially said he was investing his own money into the home. When it was partially built, it appraised for $1M. He then needed my signature for and $850K construction loan in March 2020. My eccellent credit is now a below average score. The home is in his name and the car I drive is in his name. I'm not working due to Covid. If he gets an anullment or divorces me, will I still owe the debt? Can he just kick me out of the house with my name on the loan and take the car, leaving me with nothing. Any advice on what I can or should do would be helpful and appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| [TX] Renting a room in my own house, do I have to accommodate a tenant's "service dog"? Posted: 04 Aug 2020 07:21 PM PDT I want to be mindful of disability laws, but don't know if I am comfortable with a dog in my house (which I am also living in). Am I required to accommodate the tenant's "service dog" (apparently it has 2 weeks training)? [link] [comments] |
| Pressed assault charges. Cops never served papers? Posted: 04 Aug 2020 06:54 AM PDT So about two months ago, my neighbor's chickens got into my yard. I called animal control on him and apparently he didn't like that so he accused me of threatening his wife and came into my yard and put me in a headlock. I went to the magistrate's office, pressed charges, and was given a court date. I showed up to court on that date only to be told that there is no record of my case. After contacting the sheriff's office, I was informed that papers were never served on this individual. I was never given a satisfactory reason why. I'm not sure what to do. This individual has a history of threats, violence, and provocation. Something doesn't feel right about this. I was considering reporting it to a higher jurisdiction. Should I just let it go? [link] [comments] |
| Moved into a new house, old landlord is asking for more money Posted: 04 Aug 2020 02:24 PM PDT I live in Arizona and recently moved into a new house. My old house had a 2-year lease agreement, which ended in January 2020. Since then has been month to month. I got really good news at the end of May, that my fiancée who lives on the east coast was offered a job in Arizona and would be able to move back here at the end of summer. Due to my work situation, I needed to act quickly and find a new bigger place for the two of us. I first notified my landlord the last week of May that I would be looking for a new place to live. Although he mentioned I would need to give him 30-day notice, I was just starting to look and didn't know the market, so I hesitated to commit to being out before July. He, however, immediately placed a For Rent sign in front of the house, posted it on craigslist, and started showing it the first week of June. I was very lucky and found a new house and signed a lease by June 5. I notified my landlord that I would be able to start moving into that new house on June 15th and would have all of my things out of the old house by June 20. He also found a new tenant quickly and had them sign papers on June 9th. They were not willing to move in until July 15th, and we had a verbal agreement that I would continue paying rent through mid-July, even though I had completely vacated the property by June 20th. We still had no written notice or written agreement. Here comes the meat of my question. To my surprise, last week I received a letter and a thick itemized invoice for the cleaning and maintenance he performed after I vacated the property. In the letter, he has claimed that because I did not give him written 30-day notice in May, I am obligated to pay him rent for the month of June AND the month of July. He cited a landlord-tenant rule that essentially says that you cannot move out during the same month that you give notice. So, in this case, he is saying that since I did not give written notice in May, I must pay him rent through the end of July. He is trying to keep my entire deposit as rent for July and additionally charge me for cleaning. It doesn't seem right that he can demand this if he has a new tenant paying rent as of July 15th. If he charges me rent for July as well, then he is getting double rent for those 2 weeks. Is that legal? [link] [comments] |
| I've bought a house and it seems to have undisclosed foundation issues Posted: 04 Aug 2020 06:59 PM PDT I've recently bought a home in CA. Most of the sale was done remotely because I lived in AZ and I could not travel due to the coronavirus. After our offer was accepted we had an inspector look at the property. The inspector pointed out primarily cosmetic issues and did not have much concern about the condition of the house. He also did not note anything regarding the foundation and said it was OK. He only spoke about the fact that most older homes in our area will experience a more than average amount of settling which we were okay with. On the seller disclosure, beside primarily cosmetic issues, they were aware of cracks in the garage and patio and they had painted in the last 12 months, no mention of cracks in the walls or foundation work. After we moved in, I began to notice a few fresh cracks in the wall and at least 12 large cracks that seem to have been repaired previously. After seeing those cracks and noticing several doors that do not close and/or latch properly I did some internet research and found it could be foundation problems. I went into the crawlspace and noticed several areas with large horizontal cracks, which should have been seen by the inspector. I also noticed some work had been done in the crawlspace and some of the piers have been added or shimmed, much of that work did not look professional. Is it possible that the sellers had known about potential foundation issues? Seeing as they had patched a bunch of cracks in the walls and ceilings and had done some work supporting the foundation even though it could have been done awhile ago? Even if they didn't think the foundation was a problem should they have disclosed that they did work around/to it? Should I contact a real estate lawyer to see what my options are? A foundation expert is coming to my home in a couple weeks inspect any potential issues. [link] [comments] |
| Workplace opting everyone in as tobacco users, despite actual tobacco use. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:17 AM PDT Hello legal advice, so this has been an issue for the past few years at this particular big, red, retailer. They send out our annual benefits packages (if we qualify) which include our health and 401K information. In these packets, they list what we are at risk of and on every one I've received, they list me as a tobacco user. I am not, nor have I ever been, a tobacco user. The benefits that we are supposed to get as a tobacco user come up to about $60/paycheck, which the company takes out before taxes. So far this year, the company has already taken over $1,000 from my paychecks without my knowledge, or ability to opt out. This is the same for countless employees across the US as just in my store alone, close to 80% have the same issues as myself. My question is, what's the legality of this and is there anything I can do to recoup my money? Any way to get it back from past years? I've tried calling and they vehemently refuse to help with even opting me out of the tobacco benefits. At this point I'm just at a loss and am wondering if we have any legal recourse. [link] [comments] |
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| Person who purchased my previous home is asking me to replace the HVAC unit 9 months after sale. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 01:14 PM PDT OHIO...I had the AC unit replaced a couple years ago, but we did not replace the entire HVAC unit. Apparently the heat went out earlier this year and now the new owners are claiming that since we said on the listing "New AC Unit in 2018" that we are responsible for replacing the entire HVAC unit. They claim that the issues with the HVAC unit pre-exist their ownership of the property and that our representation of the property was inaccurate. To my understanding, the AC unit is different than the entire HVAC unit, and since we did not experience any issues after the new AC unit was installed, and because we only said "New AC Unit in 2018" on the listing, I don't see how we would be responsible for them to replace the HVAC unit (minimum $3k). Do they have any legal ground to sue? [link] [comments] |
| My boss threw all his employees who claimed unemployment under the bus Posted: 04 Aug 2020 03:52 PM PDT My boss has owned the restaurant I work at for years. He is in and out of town, and when COVID first hit he came into town to tell everyone to claim unemployment. He explained to everyone exactly how he wanted them to do it (claim they worked 0 hours at the restaurant), supposedly to gain more money for the restaurant as well. A lot of people were very uneasy, but he threatened to cut their hours if they didn't, AND a lot of people didn't understand what they were doing because English is not their first language. (I was uncomfortable with this technique so i never claimed unemployment, but i am a witness to everything). He told everyone that it was okay to do & they HAD to do it that way. Skip forward to today. He told everyone who claimed unemployment that the restaurant is being audited and that he showed the IRS everyone's real hours, their real paychecks, and threw everyone under the bus to save himself from having to deal with it. Everyone is devastated because we all work minimum wage, so clearly we don't have much to fall back on, and everyone dealing with this has to pay back the money they claimed. IN ADDITION, he was given nearly $1 million for relief and all of the money was supposed to go back into the restaurant and it's staff. However, he gave a large chunk to his sister, wife, and some other relatives (none of which work for the restaurant), while he gave the staff a very tiny "bonus". I just need to know if any of this is legal, and what actions can or should be taken. TL;DR - the restaurant i work at is being audited, my boss threw everyone under the bus to save his money. He also cut his family members checks with money that was supposed to go to staff/restaurant. Edit: This takes place in Alaska [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2020 02:39 PM PDT [California] So we have been living in a small property (a few units total) for 3-4 years. Initially, we were on a 12 month contract with the lease being $850/month. Then, the contract expired and the landlady never renewed it. So basically, we're living w/o a contract now. Eventually she raised it up to $925/mo over the timespan. Just recently, it turned out that one of our neighbors had a water leakage for quite a while. Due to that, the landlady lost quite a bit of money and she decided to raise the rent for EVERYONE. Including my family, even though we were not responsible for it. Plus, in the original contract, we didn't have to pay for water (probably doesn't help with now though). My mom lost her job a while back and we were already struggling to pay, and now that the landlady increased the rent by $75 ($1000/mo total), there's no way we can pay it. Is there anything we can do or will we get evicted? My mom and dad both tried talking to the landlady but she wouldn't budge. We live without a contract and in a small complex so I don't even know if we have much rights in our situation. Thanks for any help. [link] [comments] |
| [ND - USA] Employer requires a specific bank (themselves) for direct deposit. Posted: 04 Aug 2020 03:41 PM PDT It felt a bit shady when they required that I open a checking account with their bank to receive direct deposit. I asked if I could just get the paycheck instead, they said that direct deposit is required (edit: and that they only deposit into accounts with themselves). I would prefer not having multiple financial institutions if it can be helped since my current institution is superior. So, before asking for my direct deposit to go to my current institution, against explicit instructions by HR, that I'm understanding that my request is backed by the law. In summary, it seems their HR misunderstood the law. Though they can force me to use direct deposit as a condition of employment they cannot force me to use a specific financial institution. So, I should be able to give them the details for a financial institution of my choice and be the end of it? What sort of punishment are they looking at for refusing to accept my third party financial institution, in case they strong arm me into making an account with them? I imagine every employee is under these terms as well. Thanks in advance for any advice. https://www.legis.nd.gov/cencode/t34c14.pdf - seems to be the letter of the law, but could be outdated or out of context. It indicates that direct deposit may be required but only for an institution of my choice. Edit: removed non-authoritative resources and questions not relevant to issue at hand. [link] [comments] |
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