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Will I be denied unemployment if refusing to accept a job demotion?

If my employer demotes me by offering a lower position in the office at a lower pay rate, would I be denied unemployment if I…

Backing out of a home purchase

My wife and I have a signed contract to purchase a home in Massachusetts and we are due to close at the end of this…

My contract was terminated because my husband is a felon.

I am in real estate and the agency i was working for terminated my contact because they found out my husband is a felon. They…

Can a business refuse service after they have recieved payment?

I had a vehicle shipped from FL to IL. I found the company online 2 weeks before I needed to ship the car. A date…

Can I keep my assets?

My wife has provided almost nothing to our marriage financially. I need to know if the system is going to split the things I purchased…

Are my only options are to accept a total loss or pay out of pocket to fix my car?

I hit someone from the back and reported it to my insurance company. There was no big impact, just the grill and hood where basically…

If I got fired for time card theft and got fired, does this mean that other organizations will know about this when I apply for work ?

Am I considered married?

My children’s father and I have filed joint tax returns for the past 16 years. We have never been traditionally married, therefore we have no…

Can accrued vacation be deleted?

Policy changed Jan 2019 on how vacation time is accrued. Vacation that was accrued in.2018 has been taken away Is this legal?

California exempt employee?

I was told by my new employer that I was classed as an exempt employee. This was a surprise to me as all our pay…