Layoffs are frightening in this economy - but they keep happening to Missourians. Today attorney Cathy Martin tells Law in Your Life host Angela Wilson about your rights when laid off during a tough economy. Martin also discusses what you should do if you feel like you were laid off for reasons other than economic.
Are employers required to give any notice before they lay off workers?
What if someone is laid off for what the company says are hard economic times, but the employee believes otherwise. What should they do?
Are employers required to notify employees before they reduce wages?
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If a person was laid off are they due any of the benifits earned such as vacation time/pay and does a small employer have the right to refuse to pay for earned vacation time or to offer cobra to the laid off employee
Posted by: Deborah | April 28, 2009 at 05:02 AM
Does an employer have to pay vacation that you have coming , when laid off ?
Posted by: Bob | January 14, 2010 at 11:34 AM