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October 27, 2025

[MS] Is my employer violating ethics or law by falsely advertising my services?

I am a board certified music therapist in Mississippi (MT-BC) and a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) working for a telehealth IOP. The company has removed the words “therapist” and “therapy” from our job description and is asking me to sign consent to a job description starkly different than my initial one, as group therapy is no longer in it. They’ve restructured as a lower level of care providing “psychoeducational” only. My title will no longer say therapist and clients will be receiving music therapy services in group, NOT psychoeducational. We will internally operate as an IOP, not a lower level of care.

MS Employment

October 27, 2025

[AL] What rights am I giving up by signing my employer’s arbitration agreement?

Can you review an employment arbitration agreement and tell me what it means? I’m located in Alabama.

AL Employment

October 25, 2025

What is a solid legal disclaimer for my personal social media account about my job?

I want to create a social media account where we joke about everyday life as a business driver.

Employment

October 25, 2025

[MA] My former employer is withholding my commissions until I sign a non-solicitation/non-complete clause. Is this legal?

I’ve resigned from my job, and my employer said my commissions will be held until I sign a departure agreement that includes a non-solicitation/non-compete clause. I live in New Hampshire since December, but I lived in Massachusetts during the rest of my employment from April 2023 to December 2024. Do they legally need to pay my commissions and earned wages if I don’t sign that agreement?

MA Employment

October 25, 2025

[TX] Was I illegally terminated if the manager asked about my religion?

The hiring manager was let go a few months after I was hired and a salesman was put in the role. The salesman asked me when I started if I was a Christian, among other inappropriate behavior, usually having to do with knowing everyone's business — especially if he thought it was about him.

TX Employment

October 25, 2025

[MD] Can I sue for wrongful termination if I believe it was race-driven?

There was a previous incident that I was suspended for — for a similar matter. That’s one of the factors behind my belief that it’s race-driven.

MD Employment

October 25, 2025

[MD] I believe I was unfairly terminated from my job. Do I have a case?

There was no specific reason. They only indicated that my conduct is not aligned but did not tell me what conduct it was, even after I asked.

MD Employment

October 25, 2025

Can a disability insurance company require my husband to retire?

My husband is under 60 and on permanent disability benefits. His disability insurer says they’ll reduce payments by an estimated amount if he doesn’t officially retire, but I don’t see that in his certificate. Can they require him to retire? If he retires, does that cancel his disability insurance? How would retiring now affect his Social Security at age 62?

Employment

October 25, 2025

[NJ] Am I entitled to unpaid wages and damages if I was never formally terminated?

I worked for a company in NJ for 1 week in July. The handbook says employees are paid weekly. I was late twice—once on Wednesday (arrived 2 hours late but worked the rest of the day) and once on Friday, when I called in but my supervisor never answered. I was ready and able to work Friday but was never told I was suspended, terminated, or removed from the schedule. The following Monday, my supervisor implied I “couldn’t be trusted” but never directly said I was fired. I’ve never been formally terminated—no written notice, no email. Since I was willing and able to work and never formally let go, I may still be owed pay up until the date they actually provide formal termination. I wasn’t paid for the partial Wednesday I worked, nor for Friday despite being available. My final paycheck also wasn’t provided on the regular payday as required under NJSA 34:11-4.3. It’s 8 days late. Under the NJ Wage Theft Act, I believe I may be entitled to my unpaid wages, plus up to 200% liquidated damages and attorney’s fees. I want to confirm whether Friday and subsequent days count as payable time and if I have a strong claim with the NJ DOL or in court.

NJ Employment

October 23, 2025

[NJ] A company let me go after 2 months of employment because of poor work performance, but I think it was retaliatory. What can I do?

A company let me go after 2 months of employment because of poor work performance, which is not true. I called them out on the lack they had for years. I interviewed for a full-time employment yet they hired me as temp, forcing me to leave my previous employment. Now I’m jobless.

NJ Employment

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