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Unused vacation leave, sick leaves etc..can be encashed or not?

Jcvee @jcvee2009 (151) • Philippines 19 Feb 18

I wonder if employers should be obliged to encash and pay the unused leaves of their employees especially on the end of their contracts?

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Will You Work Night Shift if You Have an Option?

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 28 Aug 16

A friend had been given graveyard or night shifts for some weeks now. She had to sleep at daytime when she goes out from work at 6 a.m. then sleep almost the whole day till 5 p.m. Her duty starts at 9 p.m. I noted that it was...

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Jobless because of my hypertension

anne25penn @anne25penn (3305) • Philippines 29 Sep 12

Yes, you read it right. I have been sacked from my job because I was absent for a week due to my uncontrolled blood pressure. I feel sad because I will miss my co-workers, but I don't have any regrets over losing my job. Now why...

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When you have worked your entire life and have to end up in court....

hardworkinggurl @hardworkinggurl (37062) • United States 15 Jun 10

Today I met with yet another attorney, this one is a Labor Law specialist. So I became unemployed six months ago and well to top did not get my last two well deserved and then some earnings. It is bad enough that the company busts...

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Should there be a law for meals and lunches?

kaspera @kaspera (46) • United States 2 Apr 10

I do not know about other states, but in Arizona, there is no law against working an employee for twenty-four hours straight with no breaks or lunches. Does anyone else think that this is barbaric and slave-like? Furthermore,...

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What should I do if I become jobless?

gems @mykmari_08 (2464) • Philippines 30 Jan 09

The company I'm working with for more than 4 years now is in the process of dissolution. I have mentioned this for several times in other discussions but I haven't really tried to search or solicit for answers from fellow...

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Free Trade

dreambark @dreambark (135) • United States 1 Dec 08

I have been paying close attention to the economy lately, and espically the economists who keep talking about the wages in America and how most of us do not deserve them for the most part because of the global ecomony and the...

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working in the government

junglehead @junglehead (52) • Philippines 7 Nov 08

I've known lots of job order personnel working in the Philippine government. They're working like regular employees but with zero benefits (no bonus, health care, gsis/sss etc) and hasn't been given tenure even though they have...

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working in the government

GRRRR I wanna scratch my bosses eyes out Im not ready to make nice!

marcialoyd @marcialoyd (1173) • United States 24 Oct 08

So as I said on here a few days ago I finally quit my job because my boss was treating me like a door mat.She treated me badly and didn't even treat me like a human being. Well today I find out my dad (who worked for the same...

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Can they really do this?

mr9317 @mr9317 (15) • United States 18 Sep 08

I started working for a coffee shop that is run by the University I attend. As anyone who has ever worked a job like this before, they know how important our tips are. At the end of my first shift, asked a fellow employee, "so how...

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Is it good for the peasants to make a living in the cities?

heroinelover @heroinelover (58) • China 30 Aug 08

Nowadays, more and more young men from countries are coming to the cities to earn money in China. I think it's quiet a common phenomenon. I also think these young people should not be encouraged to flock into cities. In many...

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What will Obama do for our economy? Your life through 2016???

ladyluna @ladyluna (7004) • United States 19 Jun 08

Hello All, You all are alot smarter than the media, or the pundits give you credit for being! You've proved yourselves over, and over again over the course of these past 20 months (longer for some of you). There is a...

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State Unfairly Taking Away Lottery Winnings Away From People

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 15 Feb 08

I was so outraged when I heard about this on last night's news. It seems one policy of the NY State Lottery (and I suppose elsewhere too) is that if a poor person who had in the past received Public Assistance, such as Welfare,...

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company charges their employees $115.00 when they quit or are let go

tgbunny @tgbunny (41) • United States 21 Dec 07

Thanks to "Bush-nomics", more greedy companies are getting away with real robbery, stealing from their own employees. This one plastic bags manufacturer company, Ampac Plastics stole $115.00 from mine and many others' paychecks,...

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New Immigrants Emailed to me on Yahoo.com mail

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 11 Nov 07

I think that everyone deserves to come here(USA) and live but I agree with Rosemary...Everyone can come but there are no free rides...We all need to do our part in this life... When I was a child my sweet immigrant granmama spoke...

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Walmart worse than Mafia?

Riptide @Riptide (2755) • United States 24 Oct 07

I watched a documentary yesterday called "Walmart-High Cost of Low Price" and I was absolutely floored. I knew that Walmart doesn't treat their employees too well,but I had no idea just how bad and corrupt they really...

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how u know whats mean mothers?

ariefheykal05 @ariefheykal05 (8) • Malaysia 17 Sep 07

mothers i call mama.i love my mom.was uyr mom mean?i know mine was.we had the meanest mother in the whole world.while other kids had candy for breakfast,we had to have cereal,eggs,and toast.when others had a pepsi and a twinkie...

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mothers mean

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Is the company you're working with follows standard policy?

butterfly39 @butterfly39 (3904) • Philippines 27 Aug 07

Like labor laws?...legal holidays?...benefits? Our company is paying well but sometimes they don't follow policy especially holidays. They seem to be strict in our works like not to do this and not to do that. Oh!...It made...

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Why do child labor laws not prohibit kids from acting in movies or in TV Ad?

tafzvjjdjd @orbeltadz (506) • Baguio, Philippines 5 Jul 07

Unlike the picture below, it's just the same thing. They should go to school first rather than in a workplace or in the media. Do work employers have mercy on them? What can you say about this?

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rejected Leter to the editor

revdauphinee @revdauphinee (5703) • United States 17 Jun 07

ORANGE COUNTY ( CALIFORNIA ) NEWSPAPER This is an excellent letter to the editor. This woman made some good points. For some reason, people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against supporting the...

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rejected

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