Tag Archives: Employee Rights

Know Your Workplace’s Bereavement Leave Policy

Knowing your company’s bereavement policy now, before you need it can save you heartaches and headaches later on, if you ever need it. The bereavement leave policy where you work is as important to know as other company policies that cover time off from work. Does Your Workplace Have a Bereavement Leave Policy? First, find […]

Distance Learning – University of Phoenix Student Survival Guide

Foreword: Often when a person recognizes that in order to earn what they are worth and secure their dreams they are going to first have to secure additional skills and education. For the purpose of this Student Survival Guide the author will focus on the Distance Learning Education or online education format rather than the […]

Will I Receive Severance Pay If I Am Laid Off?

When you are laid off from a job, you want to be sure that your final pay includes all the benefits to which you are entitled. Severance pay, which is money paid in addition to your salary or wages, accrued vacation, and other benefits, is not required by federal law, but a few states, such […]

Non-Compete Agreements: Your Legal Rights

More and more businesses are being created every day, and with the United States building up the notion of competition, business owners must be careful about who they hire, and what those employees do after they leave the business. Because of this concern, employers sometimes include non-compete agreements in employment contracts to prevent them from […]