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    January 06, 2020

    Legal Advice [PA] Police officer is divulging information about the assault I was a victim of to my employees.

    [PA] Police officer is divulging information about the assault I was a victim of to my employees.

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 07:24 AM PST

    18 months ago I was a victim of a very serious assault. I was ambushed by 4 men who beat me up and left me for dead. The perpetrators were arrested a few days later, they took a plea deal and were sentenced, they will be in prison for a long time. The assault has been very traumatizing for me. I've kept silent about it as much as possible and I've kept most detail private even to those closest to me, because it is all very difficult to deal with. I'm not ready to deal with people talking about it yet. Thankfully the assault wasn't reported in the local media. My employees (I own a business that employs about 30 people) know that I've been attacked because I spent three weeks in the hospital and then had to take a leave from work for my recovery, but they don't know the exact circumstances and I never told anyone. Two of the attackers are ex-employees, the people I work with are aware of that, but until now there had been remarkably little gossip.

    Last week however my assistant told me that rumors are spreading about some things that happened during the assault. I asked her what she had heard precisely and what she told me is very close to what happened in reality. She was also able to tell me which employee she thought had started the rumors. These are things I never talked about, so only the law enforcement people working the case or the people who treated me in the hospital could know that. I wanted to know where it came from so I confronted this employee, who was hired about a month ago, and she admitted to sharing details of the attack with other employees. As much as I dislike what she did, I 'm aware that she didn't mean wrong, so she's not at risk of being fired or anything. But I asked how she could know that, and the problem is she said she learned about it from the guy she's dating, who is an officer in our town's police department. She said he talked about it when she mentioned being hired by my company (my company is kind of well-known in our town so many people know who I am, at least indirectly). He told her a lot of things I never thought anyone would learn about, like things that would belong to a medical examiner's report on my injuries, among others. This is not information that casts a bad light on me, but I still very much wanted to keep it private. I suppose he's one of the officers who answered the 911 call or took care of the investigations and the arrests. I'm livid that a police officer is sharing detail about a case with random people. The attack took place on a parking lot and was entirely caught by the video surveillance system (that's how the perpetrators were easily caught), now I'm terrified that this officer could mention the video or even worse show it to his girlfriend. The thought of my employee or anyone else seeing a video of me being assaulted is a horrifying one.

    Does this officer have a right to do this? Is there anything I can do to stop him from sharing information with his girlfriend or anyone else? This is a very difficult situation, any help will be greatly appreciated.

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    I got pregnant and work cut my hours to the point I won’t have insurance or paid leave.

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 09:46 AM PST

    I'm a dialysis RN. Once I announced my pregnancy, my manager started cutting my hours. First, it was on Saturdays. She claimed that I had to be able to put 4 people on treatment or I couldn't open the clinic. I have text messages from her from before I was pregnant telling me that 4 patients is too many. Now, on my next schedule, I am working one day a week. Mind you, I have never been informed of any performance issues. I am able to look through the rest of the week and see that the other nurses put three patients on, which is what I was doing before I was told it had to be four. I know that the response will be that the hours are driven by the number of patients, because that's the generic response they use for everything, but no other nurses are getting their hours cut. These rules seem to only apply to me.

    Also, the nurse that is opening on the Saturdays is working for an hour off the clock in the mornings to get everything set up for the day. I'm not sure how my time management skills can be compared to someone working an hour earlier off the clock.

    Anyway, looking for advice. Do I have a leg to stand on here? It seems like pregnancy discrimination to me, considering the other nurses are maintaining full time while I'm cut to one day a week with no performance issues on record.

    ETA: Ohio

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    Indy police put minor on a bus to a random city, alone.

    Posted: 05 Jan 2020 04:30 PM PST

    A cousin of mine (M, 16) was traveling from Kansas City to Ft. Wayne by bus to visit family. He had valid tickets for all transfers. While waiting for his transfer in Indianapolis, he was picked up by city police under suspicion of being a runaway.

    He explained that he had family in Ft. Wayne and gave the police their contact information. They held him for two hours while they attempted to reach his family there but couldn't. (The officers did eventually reach them but it was too late by then.)

    Instead of holding him until they were able to reach someone or sending him on to Ft. Wayne (or even sending him back to Kansas City) they confiscated his remaining tickets, including those for his return trip next week and put him on a bus to St. Louis.

    He's currently at the bus station, waiting for his dad to pick him up. (A 3-hour drive)

    There is so much wrong with this whole scenario I'm not sure where to start.

    Firstly, they had no reason to detain him. His father had completed the unaccompanied minor form with Greyhound and he was cleared to travel alone. According to him (my cousin) he was sitting alone, listening to music when the police approached him.

    Second, if it's their desire to keep him safe until they could reach a family member, why wouldn't they wait until they actually reached someone before turning him loose?

    Third, why St. Louis? His origin City was Kansas City and he showed the officers his learner's permit, which has his (not St. Louis) home address on it, which is much closer to KC than StL. They didn't arrange for anyone to meet him in StL, and didn't give him any compensation for the tickets they confiscated and he wasn't traveling with much cash. (He has a CC for emergencies, but they didn't know that)

    His family feels the Indianapolis Police put him in danger for no good reason and stole around $300 in bus fare from him (again, for no reason). He wasn't charged with anything and basically they just ruined his trip under the guise of "keeping him safe."

    I guess I'm looking for ideas about where to go from here. Monday his dad is going to call the Indy PD and talk to the officer's supervisor. (My cousin was smart enough to get the officer's badge numbers and names) He and his dad are understandably freaked out about the whole situation and I doubt he'll be able to visit his Indiana family until he turns 18 in order avoid this again.

    [Edited for clarity]

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    [CO] Boss brought me into his office to tell me I shouldn't be discussing compensation with my co-workers.

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 09:38 AM PST

    Hi LA,

    I just walked out of my boss' office a moment ago - I was brought in to discuss two separate occurrences, one from last Friday and one from this morning.

    On Friday, I asked a recently promoted co-worker what his new salary/commission breakdown was (we are in Sales), and my boss overheard. I'm friendly with this co-worker, and the discussion was in no way adversarial - his promoted position is one I may be pursuing, and I was interested in the compensation package.

    Today, another coworker asked me to send her my commission statement, as she was concerned that she had been unfairly compensated versus the rest of our team. In case someone reads this the wrong way, this is not a gender discrimination issue; she started later in the year than the rest of us, so her breakdown was a little different than mine. I sent my full commission statement document over to her, over company email. She absolutely took it to other people in the company to discuss - I never told her not to, and frankly expected her to do so.

    A few hours later, my boss called me into his office. The discussion was friendly - I actually really like my boss, and am not looking to get him in any trouble. The tone was one of him doing me a favor by letting me know that I shouldn't have done either of the above things; his words, slightly paraphrased, "that's the sort of thing that may get you terminated at another company," "I'm expecting to get an angry call from [HR REP] about the commission statement," "I don't know what sort of corporate policy training you've had at other companies, but this is the sort of thing that you would've been expected to know at this point in your career," "that's a big no-no," etc. You get the idea. He told me that I should also maybe expect an email from the HR rep.

    The thing is, this is the sort of thing I know about at this point in my career, at least I think so. I believe I am up-to-date enough on my rights to know that these conversations are protected, and that by even giving me a friendly warning my boss may have violated federal law. Again, I am literally not interested in making a federal case about it - my boss has been phenomenal since I've started, and has been an excellent mentor, I just believe he is misinformed as to the gravity of what he just said. I'm also prepared to hear from LA that I am entirely in the wrong, and to just keep my mouth shut about it in the future. If it matters, I work for a private company, and I have no proof that the conversation with my boss took place.

    My ask for LA is twofold:

    1. How can I best ensure that I am protected moving forwards? Again, I want to cause minimal waves here, as not only am I a fan of my boss, but I see a bright future with my current company.

    2. Assuming that I am correct about my rights - how can I best tactfully let my boss know, without getting him or myself into hot water, that his assertions were not only untrue, but unacceptable?

    Thanks in advance!

    Update, likely Final: I largely took u/Tortious_Cake 's advice, and sat down for another discussion with my boss. I explained that it wasn't my intention to be disrespectful, but that I was under the impression that I would be in the clear on account of the law. He was in no way put out, though he didn't back down from his position that I shouldn't do it moving forward - he told me a story of a time when a group of employees at a previous company he'd worked for were told someone else's compensation package, kicked up a stink, and got fired. I'm 99% sure he wasn't their direct superior/the one doing the firing in that instance. I did write out a memo, sent to my work email from my work email (cc'ing my personal) detailing the events that transpired over the last 7 or so hours. I don't think anything will come of this, but it certainly doesn't hurt to be prepared.

    In short - I probably won't be talking about compensation at this company moving forward since, like I said, I like working here, I like my boss, and in general I feel like the company takes pretty good care of its people, both in terms of compensation and certain intangibles, so no need to kick off a revolution to liberate the proletariat. I'm still employed with a bright future here, though I'll be back for another update (and likely more advice) if that changes.

    Thanks LA!

    Edit: Grammar

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    I Signed an NDA for a Youtube channel that sank, but now want to start my own channel with a former colleague.

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 06:05 AM PST

    My former colleague and I are both working in video production. We worked for a youtube channel that was owned by a media company based in California. Amongst other thing things, our NDA includes the following clause that includes reference to personnel:

    1. CONFIDENTIALITY. Contractor may have had access to proprietary, private and/or otherwise confidential information ("Confidential Information") of the Recipient. Confidential Information shall mean all non-public information which constitutes, relates or refers to the operation of the business of the Recipient, including without limitation, all financial, investment, operational, personnel, sales, marketing, managerial and statistical information of the Recipient, and any and all trade secrets, customer lists, or pricing information of the Recipient. The nature of the information and the manner of disclosure are such that a reasonable person would understand it to be confidential. The Contractor will not at any time or in any manner, either directly or indirectly, use for the personal benefit of the Contractor, or divulge, disclose, or communicate in any manner any Confidential Information. The Contractor will protect such information and treat the Confidential Information as strictly confidential. This provision shall continue to be effective after the termination of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Contractor will return to the Recipient all Confidential Information, whether physical or electronic, and other items that were used, created, or controlled by the Contractor during the term of this Agreement.

    However, the NDA also describes confidential information as that "which is not generally known other than by the Owner". We were both of us as Freelancers from Upwork. We already had ease of contact through the Upwork community. My colleague works for channels that are popular in the industry, and so do I. So there's literally a part in the contract that says it does NOT cover info disclosed by a third party, and in this case we have two third parties who are actively, publicly disclosing that info. There are some other details that I think could free us, but as I'm not a lawyer and looking at this thing from my own defensive perspective, I wanted to ask: does my former employer have the prerogative here? Does contact between personnel fall under confidentiality?

    If I started a youtube channel, find success, and my former employer found out say a year from now, would he be able to sue?

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    [Missouri] "Mechanic" had my car for 4 months and used it for personal use. Car is now ruined. I accept I'm at a loss on this. In that time he went to jail for a week for unpaid traffic violations, and I just learned he also took MY plates and put them on HIS car.

    Posted: 05 Jan 2020 07:45 PM PST

    Preface: I'm a sentimental idiot. I loved the car enough I made the subreddit for it: r/capriceclassic

    My friend was in town for a week and needed a place to stay and a car to drive, I let him borrow my great grandpa's Chevy. On the last day he had it, he drove it into 6 inches of standing water in a flood plain at 20-30MPH. Ruined the carpet, among other things. Towed it to a guy's house next to a family member that, as it turns out, he didn't really know all too well.

    That guy convinced me that he could fix the car relatively cheap and I wouldn't lose my great grandpa's car. I believed him, and he was cheap, so I gave him the keys and periodically paid him for work. More things kept popping up but it wasn't too expensive so I paid him, the car drowned after all - I wasn't that surprised that it had a lot of issues.

    Last time I physically saw the car was two months ago. The guy really, really struggles to answer my calls and rarely calls me back except to ask for money. I got fed up with it and asked for my car back several times and when he kept not answering and I finally had enough, and had the time, I went to go see it.

    Car's ruined. He was using it for personal use, to run errands and for work - which, as it turns out, he does a lot of yard work. He used my car to haul bags of leaves - poorly - and it is absolutely covered in wet leaves. For comparison, this is how I kept my car and this is how I just found it. On top of that, the windows were down and the battery was dead - he sure never mentioned that to me. For several weeks of snow and rain the windows were down, moisture everywhere, the car is ruined - it's going to mold like crazy. Guy has no money, I have no expectation of getting my money back in any way shape or form - it's going to be a waste of time, I'm sure, and I just have to accept that loss, as well as the loss of a car I really loved.

    Problem is, the reason he never mentioned the battery was because he was in jail for unpaid traffic violations and I guess just never mentioned it to me when he got out (though he sure came asking for money for work "performed"). While I was there I was taking the plates off so I could junk the car, and noticed they weren't my plates. MY plates were on HIS car right next to mine. I took pictures of both cars with both plates, but couldn't get the VIN of his car because as you might expect it's covered by trash. He insists that he never got pulled over in my car, or in his car with my plates on them, but clearly I can't believe a word he says.

    Worth noting, of course, all payment was done in cash and in relatively small increments of up to 100$ each time. No papers ever signed, I'm an idiot.

    I can't seem to get good answers online and calling the DMV didn't help - they wouldn't tell me if there were outstanding tickets for me or my car.
    A. How do I find out if I have any tickets in my name or tied to my car?
    B. What do I do if I DO have tickets in my name or tied to my car?

    Any assistance would be appreciated. I intend to call county courts tomorrow to see if I can find out - but I'm not expecting much from my talk with the DMV.

    Thank you in advance. Like I said, I'm a sentimental idiot that just wanted to keep my family Chevy going. Now I'm out all the money and still lose the car. Just hoping I don't have a record I don't know about now.

    Edit: Called the local court and I have no tickets in my name, thankfully. Couldn't check the plates though, and DMV gave me the run around again. Intend to log a police report about my stolen plates shortly.

    Despite my initial thoughts I'm thinking small claims might be the wisest way to go about this now. Thank you everyone - still looking for advice if possible as well. All opinions welcome.

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    My fiancé is trying to sell land and found out the previous owners disclose important info...

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 07:18 AM PST

    Almost 4 years ago, my fiancé privately financed a piece of land in Florida through the previous owners. We still currently live in Florida and as far as we know, these people own multiple properties in Florida that they have sold privately.

    When my fiancé bought this land, he was 19 years old and was not really informed enough on buying real estate to do any kind of research on the land before purchasing it. He essentially read the contract and signed the paperwork without making sure everything was all good with the land.

    Before he bought the land, the previous owners allowed someone to put an easement through the property (which he knew about when he bought the land), but now that we are trying to resell the land, we found out that in the process of putting in the easement that they cut down an endangered tree and the property got flagged by the Florida DEP. This is something he was NOT made aware of when purchasing the land 3 years ago.

    There are a couple different people interested in buying the land from him for $60k+ but none will do so with the DEP flag. We are currently looking for ways to get the flag taken off, but we are curious if there is any legal action we can take against the previous owners for not disclosing that the endangered tree was cut down.

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    I'm in Indiana. I just left a court hearing with a 2-year protective order and an eviction against my brother/roommate. Can we remove his things from the house?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 08:37 AM PST

    As the title states, I am in Indiana and have received a protective order and my brother has been evicted. My other roommate got our bills for the last month and my brother is refusing to pay his share.

    The order states he has been evicted but does not state if we are required to wait X amount of days before we can remove his things.

    Given he won't cooperate or pay his bills, we feel no need to let him store his stuff here. We have a new roommate ready to move into his room but he doesn't have a new location to live yet so his things are still in his room.

    Do we have to wait before removing his items? Do we have to store his items or can we put them on the street? Nowhere does it say that he has 30 days to move out or whatever. It just says that he is evicted and that he cannot return to the property (unless through civil services).

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    (FL) Completely uncomfortable at work; is this sexual harassment? What can be done safely?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 09:50 AM PST

    Kind of a unique situation because the people that are making me very uncomfortable at work don't work for my company. I'm in a shared office building and another company uses offices next to mine (the two companies jointly own the building). My company's offices and theirs are all mixed in together. The other company also contracts with my company for lobbying work.

    Last year, I was at work late (5:00-5:30, normal for my job) and the other company all gathered in the office next to me and started discussing their sex lives including having anal sex in their office and getting "shit all over their office furniture" as well as wanting to force women that work in the legislative or other nearby office onto sex in their offices with them. They also talked about me (next door in my office) and tried to play music to cover it up. I also heard one of them say I might hear them talk about me and another said "it's after 5 so it's not an office environment anymore" and "who cares."

    I recorded part of this on my phone (not sure if this is legal, would appreciate advice there - I recorded at my desk in my office, both their door and my door was closed but they were yelling). My husband also heard it on the phone when I called him. I was afraid to walk past their office to leave. I had to threaten to quit unless my boss allowed me to have a lock installed on my office because I'm afraid of these people.

    As far as documentation, I reported it to my boss who didn't report it to the legal counsel or board of directors as she didn't feel it was needed. I was okay with that at first because the last time someone reported this group for racism and harassment (my co-worker reported it) she was fired and when I backed her up adding details, I had to take a sexual harassment "education" which was our president telling me to "not harass anyone, mkay?" I was told by legal that I was mistaken and it was just republican discourse, not racism (it was racism). No one from the other company knew it was me who backed her up and blamed another co-worker who they harassed. Screaming at her and making off handed comments when she wasn't around. My company also fired a woman for being pregnant when I started here. Not illegal I guess because there's less than 5 employees. Now I'm not okay with the whole situation because they're back (they only work during session) and I'm having a very difficult time going to work and being around them. I used to have work at home as an option but that was just taken away, I believe in retaliation for complaining (see below).

    Recently I started complaining again about this and despite getting a massive raise, a performance bonus, and a stellar review, after I made another complaint I believe I was retaliated against. My boss took away my work from home option, tried to change my hours to unworkable ones (I have a contract for specific hours), took away my overtime options and my work hour flexibility, and made me sign a document saying any leave is not only unpaid but now I have to pay the insurance premium if I need leave, and I also had to sign a document saying I would answer my personal phone and work when told to by trustees (weekends and any time, they often call at 4am or on Saturdays when I'm at another job). I called this out as retaliation and was told it wasn't. I believe the leave/insurance change was due to me too because I take longer "lunches" to go to therapy appointments for PTSD (due to sexual abuse so this hits hard for me).

    I'm actively looking for a new job but hiring timelines are really slow in my position/industry and I'm out of sick/vacation days. This has caused depression for me for the first time in my life. It sucks because I love my job.

    I'm afraid they're going to fire me like they did the other girl and I won't be able to get unemployment because I have a history of working hours outside of my scheduled hours. This was fully ok up until recently when they changed my flexibility. I don't put it past them to say "look at those times she was late" when in reality I had had to work late the night before my request and was allowed to shift my hours to keep out of overtime.

    So my question is multiple parts:

    1. If they fire me am I totally screwed for unemployment?
    2. If I quit is there any way I can still get unemployment?
    3. Should I take this opportunity to make the complaints more formal, copying our president and attorney and demand it's addressed even though it might get me fired/make the other people in our office treat me badly? Do I need to do this to protect myself in the future if unemployment becomes a need?
    4. Is there any chance I can get an ADA accommodation in the meantime to go back to working from home? No reason was given to me for the change except the trustees changed their mind about WFH.
    5. Should I just keep my head down, do nothing, and try to stick it out until they fire me or I give up? I'm on antidepressants and anti-panic attack medication now that I wasn't before this. I have a documented history or PTSD and panic disorder that got markedly worse after this. If I had the savings, I'd gladly quit now for my mental health. I'm an expert in my field so I should have another job in 1-3 months.

    Note: We don't have HR (it's just my boss) and the company is less than 5 employees.

    TL;DR Another company's employees are sharing an office space with my company and making it hard to come to work. I know my time is limited here, what can I do to make sure I set myself up for unemployment while I continue to look for a new job.

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    My Work Wrote Up Every Employee in the Store

    Posted: 05 Jan 2020 03:20 PM PST

    So first off, I live in California, which is an at-will state so I don't think there's anything I can do about this but I'm gonna ask Reddit anyway because maybe there's someone I can contact through my work that can help.

    To get to the point, today two department supervisors took it upon themselves to write up every single employee in my store (I work at Home Depot). And apparently they stopped giving physical copies of write ups and it's all going to be through the computer now through an app called "My WorkDay" so we don't even have the option to sign a write up now, they're just left on our personal account for us to review.

    Their reasoning for writing up everyone was that "we have observed everyone having non-work related conversations at work at some point last year" so even if you had this conversation in January 2019, you were still written up. Because of this, many people were fired because this would be their final write up. Others will only have to be late by a minute one more time to get fired because of this write up. Lucky for me, I've never been written up before and I've never been late to work the two years I worked here. Still, this really stressed me out and obviously upset me and many others. The manager of the store is new and is terrible but that's another story. I feel like they only did this so they would have a reason to fire people and hire new people for less since many who lost their jobs are transfers who make up to $4 more than everyone else. I don't know, anyone have any advice at all or are we fucked because this is California?

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    A Friend Plagiarized a Paragraph from my Novel Manuscript.

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 07:47 AM PST

    (USA, Pennsylvania) I am in the process of having my first novel published. It's due out this fall. I just found out one of my beta readers (first set of readers after the book is written, they let you know if there are character issues and plot holes) used my exact words to create a poem that he planned on publishing. It is... word for word... a paragraph from my book. A paragraph from my book that I spent a month trying to get right, pulling my hair out, and workshopping to death. This is also a part of my MFA Thesis novel that qualified me to graduate this past fall. I spent years working on this from within my MFA program. What should I do? I'm going to pay the money to have it copyrighted. I have timestamps and my school would be able to back me up on when I wrote what parts of the book, it's at the beginning of the book, so it was written three years ago. I think I scared him when I yelled at him about it, so I don't think he's planning on publishing it anymore, but honestly, I'm scared now. He is not trustworthy, and he has my novel in his hands.

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    I'm broke and could fail a required class because of it??

    Posted: 05 Jan 2020 11:39 PM PST

    I'm a senior at a public high school in Oregon. The last required class I need to graduate is Finances. My teacher has a system of "non-negotiable assignments" where they have a crazy point value so that if you don't do the you fail his class. Now one of these assignments requires me to get two bank accounts (one saving one checking). I've looked at all the banks in my town and they have "free" student accounts but they all need a minimum deposit. The cheapest I could do the assignment is 35$, and that would have to come out of my family's food money for the month. Can he even do this?

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    [AZ] Friend is employed to do HVAC with a company and he fell through the ceiling. Is he responsible for paying to fix it?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 09:07 AM PST

    My friend slipped off a beam and fell through the ceiling of the place he was working in. He believes he's supposed to cover it because it was his accident. Is that something he can be responsible for? I'm sorry I don't have much information I'm not sure what you guys would need to know. Ill try my best to answer any questions asking for details. Thank you.

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    Sister was detained for shoplifting when she didn't steal anything.

    Posted: 05 Jan 2020 05:13 PM PST

    My sister was checking out at Walmart when two big individuals stepped up behind her cart and stood there quietly. As she paid for everything and grabbed her receipt, a gentleman walks out of some doors and stands there by the exit. The two behind her followed within a few feet, then as she got to the man at the door he stops her and asks for her receipt.

    She shows them the receipt then the man accuses her of being a theif. He starts making a scene calling her white trash among other names and being very loud and rude. He takes her coat and car keys then prevents her from leaving. She requests her belongings back and the man refuses. She goes to call our mother and he tries to stop her, reaching for her cell phone. She pulls away and successfully called our mother.

    At this point after reviewing the receipt and nothing being stolen it has become illegal to detain her any further to my knowledge.

    The Walmart employees made her wait until the police showed up keeping her keys.

    The police cleared her and had very specific words with the Walmart employees. The police officers told my sister that the employee taking her keys is considered kidnapping and that she has legal rights to pursue this further if she would like.

    This is all hear-say of course, I wasn't there.

    Is this worth pursuing for her?

    She had to pay a baby sitter for longer hours, the embarrassment of all the other people now associating her as a theif in a store she frequents, and the man also said she is, "banned from all walmarts in the universe."

    Any advice is better than none.

    Thank you for your time.

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    Our wedding wedding venue is up for sale less than 9 months before the wedding

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 03:53 AM PST

    Would love some advice. About a year ago we booked our date at our wedding venue for October of 2020. We put down the required 50% deposit to secure the space/date. Today we came across some articles that the building/business is for sale. We're in Ontario, Canada.

    We're a little spooked and are considering backing out of the venue while there's still time. While there's a good chance it won't sell between now and then it's still possible someone can buy it and gut the place. My question is

    Are we in any position to get our full deposit back should we cancel the contract? Looking it over, if it's 90 days or over there's a 25% fee. We've reached out yesterday and haven't heard back but the advice we've been given is get a lawyer just in case they refuse a full refund.

    EDIT: We've been assured all contracts will remain as-is for 2020 and 2021 and the only offers being considered are the ones using it as an event space. So it's more a matter of trust and hope than doom.

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    I resigned from my job last night, employer is asking for stuff (MD)

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 08:26 AM PST

    If you care to look at my post history for back story, feel free. It's been a shit show. TLDR for backstory: It's a struggling small business. I haven't been paid for 2 pay periods, about to be 3 on Friday. Owner has also been withholding taxes from our paychecks and has been using them for his personal use and for the business, not to pay taxes. I don't want to get into all that on this post, as I have all my options already planned out. Just wanted to give some back story.

    I sent in my resignation last night. He has asked for some documents related to projects I was working on as well as access to the email address I created for myself at work. The documents I created were using my personal computer and are stored on my personal computer, as the owner asked me to use my computer because he didn't have one for me to use at the time. The email address was also created by me, and it is a standard gmail account. He does not have access to it, nor did he ever have access to it. The initials of the company are in the name, but I created it so I could email customers and suppliers without using my personal email. My personal email is the backup to the email I created for the job. He does not have a domain name for company emails.

    I did not sign a non-compete or a non-disclosure form.

    I don't mind sending him this info, but I don't want to until I get my money, as I was working on some big projects that we actually had a good chance of getting which means a big commission for me.

    Does he have any claim to those documents or my email?

    ​

    Thanks

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    [Massachusetts] My employer did not pay my health insurance premiums; can I be expected to pay medical cost for my son’s doctor visit?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 05:57 AM PST

    I work for a small company, 38 employees. I am full time and have (had?) full health insurance. On Dec 30th I received a notice from my health insurance provider (dated 12/20/19) that my insurance was about to be canceled due to lack of premiums paid by my employer. I immediately asked my employer what was going on. Our CFO sent an email to everyone in the company the same day to state that all premiums were paid, and we were not going to lose our insurance. This weekend my son went to the doctor for back pain. When we got home from the visit there was a letter from the health insurance provider, dated 12/26/2019, arrived at our house 1/4/2020 that our insurance was cancelled as of 12/26/2019, and that I could extend my coverage by paying the premiums myself.

    Can I legally be expected to pay the cost of the medical appointment if the health insurance refuses to pay for it?

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    Uncle who lives with me opened my package that arrived in the mail addressed to me. It was hentai and now he's claiming it's illegal to own it. (New York State)

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 10:31 AM PST

    I swear to god this actually just happened. Here's some background. I live with my parents and I'm an adult. My uncle also lives with us for some reason I have no idea why.

    A month or so ago I ordered some adult doujin from Japan. All the characters are legal age and it's nothing extreme. I just like collecting them. It turns out it was delivered a few hours ago and I didn't know since I was asleep. When I woke up I went into the kitchen and saw the 5 books on the table along with the torn up package addressed to me. My uncle was the only one home and I asked him if he went in my mail. He didn't answer me he just said "you know that stuff is illegal right?"

    I was baffled and was like. What?? He claimed the hentai I ordered is illegal despite the characters VERY much being adults. We got into an argument and he just stormed out because he knew I was right.

    What should I do about this?

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    Random Snapchat Law Enforcement Email

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 11:25 AM PST

    Hey,

    I randomly received an email from a Snapchat law endorcement email that seems legitimate. It states that Warren county district attorneys office is seeking records regarding my Snapchat account. However, I am located in Australia and I do not associate with the US at all as I'm only 20. The email States I have 7 days to reply before the legal process begins and I am really worried about this all. Not because of any wrongdoing, but I just have no idea what this is for and what this is about? I don't know if I'll be in trouble for not responding or if I'll have to pay money for something. I honestly am clueless about this all.

    Apparently if I object to legal processes I must address my concerns to a court within the next 7 days? What court? For what reason? I don't even know why I've received this? Do I just let some random company Snoop on my Snapchat?

    I don't know if I should post the email here but I can do so if necessary.

    TIA

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    I’ve been summoned to court (unofficially) as a victim in an assault case

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 06:43 AM PST

    South Carolina is my location.

    What are they going to ask? What is going to happen?

    I specifically said I only wanted to press charges if I did NOT have to testify or appear in court. The officer assured me "oh I have pictures of your face and video evidence from the store, you're fine". This man showed up at my work 3 days after the assault with a damn 16" machete in his car.

    And now this. I have to go relive getting my face pummeled in and put it in public record that I did not defend myself for fear of escalating the situation.

    This asshole could've taken his magistrate sentence of 30 fucking days (most of which would've been time served!) but instead requested a jury trial, probably with the hopes of me not showing up.

    I already walk around work scared I'm going to be put in that situation again, and now I get to be near the POS again.

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    Forgot to close a foriegn bank account, I received an email saying I needed to look at something important and that they "can help."

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 06:21 AM PST

    I, a Canadian Male, went backpacking in Australia for a year in 2016/2017. I opened a debit account at a bank there, I intended to close it before I left but honestly forgot about it. I recently received a cryptic email saying there was important information I needed to look at and that they "could help" me.

    I admit it was stupid of me to not close the account and there was no type of credit line attached. I think if anything I may have an outstanding debt of the account fees that have racked up since coming home. My question is if this is something I need to deal with? I tried logging into their website but no longer have the debit card issued to me. I doubt the debt is more than a few hundred dollars, but I haven't used the account in literal years. Can I ignore it, or would they have any kind of recourse with me living in Canada? I could probably call their international line, but at this point I'm wondering if it's worth contacting them to pay a debt for account fees on an account I no longer use.

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    Adopted a dog from the humane society, now a person claiming to be a past owner wants him so they are canceling my adoption. Who is in the right?

    Posted: 05 Jan 2020 05:17 PM PST

    Hi r/legaladvise I could really use your help.

    Yesterday, Saturday January 4th, I went to the humane society (Kitsap County, Washington State) and adopted a 4 year old Rottweiler male. He was a stray that had no name tag, no microchip, and had no prior registration with the city or county. He was placed in stray hold but nobody came for him. The day he became available for adoption was also the day I adopted him. I payed his adoption fee, signed the adoption contract (I can post a pic if it helps), payed to have him registered in my name with the city that I live in, and was given a care packet and some probiotics for him to take home with me. Since he came in to the shelter un-neutered, I would have to wait until his surgery day, Monday the 6th of January, to take him home.

    Today, Sunday the 5th, I got a call from a woman working at the shelter that someone has come forward to claim the dog. She said that since the dog is not currently in my home and is still at the shelter (mind you he is only at the shelter because he needs to be neutered, which is part of the adoption fee and agreement), that for that reason she decieded to cancel the adoption and is going to release him to the other party instead (this decision is being made over 24 hours after I signed the adoption contract, mind you). The parties only proof of ownership was a "lost dog" flyer from a year ago and some photographs.

    I feel like it was wrong for the woman working there to cancel my adoption. She made a decision in favor of the other party who, as far as I understand, lost their legal ownership of the dog. All of the other staff I talked to agreed that legally the dog is mine and that she cannot cancel an adoption like that. (sidenote, the other party claimed that they lost the dog over a year ago. I also found out that the area where the person lives is also the same area that the dog was picked up as a stray... Did they not try to look for him during that year???)

    I just drove down to the shelter to speak with the woman in person. It was very frustrating as she tried to make it seem like it was somehow my idea to turn the dog over to the other party, when in reality she just called me on the phone to tell me the decision was made and that was that.

    Ultimately she said she is not sure what to do since this situation hasn't happened before. It needs to be addressed by the shelter director and the legal team but they won't be in the office until tomorrow. My worry is that the dog might be neutered and released tomorrow before this issue gets addressed.

    If anyone is familiar with pet ownership/adoption rights or anything that could help I would really appreciate it ... I'm an emotional wreck right now and could really use some advice :(

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    CNN is using a picture of me and my friend without our permission and against our ideals

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 07:02 AM PST

    Santiago, Chile

    Today, many students in my country started manifestations against the PSU, which in english roughly translates to "college selection test", a test made to rank high school graduates and select which ones are capable of studying in college. Thing is, the test is terribly made and it just takes away oportunities for people with less resources.

    On Twitter, @CNNChile posted a picture of me and my friend in the middle of the manifestations. The picture depicted my friend crying. Now, people started using the pic against the movement, showing how the movement "only hurts the ones that want to study". But me and my friend support the movement. The photo was unauthorized, and I want it removed. It is indirectly being used against our ideals. CNN has no contact cellphone or e-mail, and even if they had, I doubt they would respond. What can I do?

    TL;DR: @CNNChile posted an unauthorized picture which depicts my friend crying in the middle of a protest that we actually support, and people started using it against the movement.

    EDIT: We won! Due to the power of social media, we succesfully clarified the picture, and most accounts deleted the photo :) My friend is kinda famous now!!

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    Employed falsely as an apprentice with no intentions to provide training & refusing future training

    Posted: 06 Jan 2020 07:14 AM PST

    Hi there,

    I'm 21,male. England UK. I was employed by a company in March 2019 as an apprentice. Since working within the company I have received no training nor have I been given a learning schedule for my qualification that's lasting 18 months. I do not have a manager or supervisor on site that is able to do my job and nor have I been trained for this job professionally. We are going through drastic business changes and when speaking to the General manager and owner of the business they refuse to increase my wages yet give me more responsibilities.

    The new brand we will be working alongside doesn't have an apprenticeship program yet they plan on keeping me on apprenticeship wage (£4.30 p/h) with no possible training options. The owner and GM both confirmed I will not be receiving Any training or pay increase within the coming months (verbally).

    I am currently planning on getting out of this hell hole but before I do I want to know how I can claim back for this company taking advantage of me. The responsibilities I have had increased within my title unofficially, I am unable to apply for that position as I am "under qualified".

    I would like to know what actions I can take as I'm a little confused about employment tribunals.

    TLDR: Company employed me as an apprentice, no intention to give me required training, then increasing responsibilities with no rise in pay. Change in brand with no apprenticeship program yet keep me on the low wage.

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