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- My boss told me to perform sexual acts on a coworker
- Employer threatening termination if I do not ruin the results of a covid vaccine trial I am currently in [GA]
- My School Downloaded an App On My Phone That Can Track My Location at Any Time
- Woman tripped in area of sidewalk ripped up by city making water system repairs, asking for my homeowner's insurance info
- Pregnant wife being forced out of company
- [NY] Previous tenant won't vacate the unit i'm scheduled to move into
- Demotion after bringing up covid concerns
- Realtor Giving Strangers Lockbox Key
- Car accident while in another state, insurance wants to total vehicle ('79 Ford pickup) that I intend to keep/fix. If I accept, it may be illegal to drive home. – [Tennessee, North Dakota]
- My house is always getting crashed into by hit and run drivers.
- Can we be liable if invasive tree spreads to other properties and causes damages? (WA)
- Can you charge a person for criminal theft if they charged you for a service, then never did that service at all? [Texas]
- LAOP: I worked for a small restaurant with only 1-3 salaried employees a night. Owner refused to pay out tips or remove tip line from checks. He’s been arrested for over $1 million in tax evasion pertaining to these tips and other activities. Do we former employees have a chance to get that back?
- DOT cut down my Crepe Myrtle tree.
- [US - UT] Lost Dog due to Negligence(?)
- Bought a business. Bank is now asking for everything from sale.
- Ex is giving my children and myself 5 days to get out. Can he do this?
- Aunt secretly put grandfather's house in her name. is this legal?
- Is this considered slander?
- Can I pick up my kids from school if my ex says she won’t give them to me on my visitation day?
- Can a creditor in the US collect a car rental claim debt from Italy?
- Hired a painter to remove popcorn ceiling. He assured us it didn't have asbestos, it did.
| My boss told me to perform sexual acts on a coworker Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:38 AM PDT He was mentioning how grumpy she was and always seemingly a bad mood, then he turns and says that I should climb under her desk and perform oral sex to get her to lighten up. Is this sexual harassment? I got in trouble with HR earlier this year and am concerned that they will think I'm just starting problems and ultimately let me go, or that my boss will retaliate and make my life miserable. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2021 11:57 AM PDT Last summer (2020) I signed up to be in a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (phase 3) clinical trial; because I wanted to help further their research to end this pandemic. This vaccine is not one of the 3 currently available to people right now. My trial will end in 2022. I have worked at the same hospital since 2019, and my supervisor was aware that I signed up to be a part of the trial. She approved, and offered time off should I experience harsh side effects. Last month, our hospital mandated that all employees must get covid vaccinated (at least the first dose) by October 15th or face termination. We could chose any of the 3 publicly available vaccines. (Important: the notice specifically mentions that these three are our only options.) I thought I would be exempt from this, since my supervisor is well aware that getting another covid vaccination would destroy my results for the trial I'm currently in, and could potentially have a very negative effect on my health (due to a possible adverse reaction between two vaccines in my system). She informed me this week that I am not exempt, and that I must get one of the 3 approved vaccines by October 15th or I will be terminated. Do I have any recourse against this? She already has all of the official documentation that proves I am indeed in a clinical trial, and have received a covid vaccine. I signed legal documents where I promised not to participate in any other covid vaccine trials, or get any other covid vaccination which would damage the results of study. I would also be putting my health at extreme risk if I did this. I don't know what to do, and I really need to keep this job. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Located in Georgia. [link] [comments]  |
| My School Downloaded an App On My Phone That Can Track My Location at Any Time Posted: 01 Oct 2021 05:31 AM PDT I added my school Google account to my phone so that I could access things like Google Classroom. However, after I did this, it added a work account to my device (I have a Samsung) and after that a bunch if work apps. One of these apps was Google Find My Device which among other things can track your phone's location at any time. It didn't ask for any permissions, just downloaded it. When I tried to uninstall the app it said "action not allowed by device administrator". Is it legal for my school to track my location outside of school? I'm in England, UK. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2021 05:45 PM PDT Two days ago a water main break was found on my street. In the process, part of my sidewalk was jackhammered up into pieces, so about a 6 foot stretch is just random chunks of concrete piled together. They fixed the road right away but a guy from the city said another crew will come deal with fixing the sidewalk. That same evening a woman walking a dog down the sidewalk tried to walk through the broken area, fell and cut her arm badly on a piece of broken concrete. I was not home, but my neighbor apparently assisted her afterward and the woman received stitches in the ER. Tonight there is a note in my mailbox from the woman explaining what happened, and she asks me to call her text her with my homeowner's insurance information. I imagine I should give her the info, and then I assume insurance will go to work and if the city should pay, make them do so - but I'm a little wary specifically because she fell trying to get through the city's mess, and was literally cut by the same mess. So with that in mind, still give her my insurance info and let them hash it out? Or should I tell her to talk to the city? One thing I am a little worried of is that my insurance might go up if she contacts them. [link] [comments]  |
| Pregnant wife being forced out of company Posted: 01 Oct 2021 08:49 AM PDT Location: United States Hello Reddit, My wife has been an engineer for a large international manufacturing company for 7 years. About 6 months ago, her direct supervisor (we will call him Zach) was demoted. Zach went from supervising 40+ people including my wife, to only supervising my wife. Shortly after this incident, my wife informs HR and Zach that she is pregnant. She has a lot of responsibility at that particular plant, so she wanted to insure the company had plenty of time to prepare for her maternity leave come ~December. Shortly after announcing her pregnancy, Zach placed my wife onto a performance improvement plan. Basically, she needs to do better or she's in trouble, possibly fired. This was a complete shock to her. Her performance had never been in question before. She is dedicated to her job, working 60-70 hours a week. Before this, she felt she was an invaluable asset, but Zach was telling her exactly the opposite. She tried to contest the official reprimand, but there was no real avenue to do so. Again, this came out of nowhere. Over the next few months, she continued to receive official "improvement plans." The metrics Zach asked her to meet were completely out of her control. For instance, increasing production on machines she doesn't manage. She continued to contest this, but no one seemed to care. About a week ago, she received what basically looks like a "you have 30 days or you're fired" reprimand. Two months before her maternity leave starts (her company gives 3 months full pay maternity leave.) She has tried contesting this with her site HR, but they essentially deferred any conversation to Zach. The HR staff is completely new, so they seem to have no desire to piss off any executives. I'm just curious if anyone thinks she might have a case for discrimination. I'm sure it would be hard to prove, but it sure seems like she's being forced out right before she gets to enjoy a nice, paid maternity leave. Especially considering there was no official reprimands until she announced her pregnancy. And to be very clear, my wife has no plans to stay here after this incident. But it would be nice if we didn't lose her income (which is greater than mine) two months before she gives birth to our first kid. [link] [comments]  |
| [NY] Previous tenant won't vacate the unit i'm scheduled to move into Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:42 PM PDT Hello My girlfriend and I are flying to NYC literally tomorrow and scheduled to move into our apartment next week. However today we got a call from the leasing office saying the previous tenants (scheduled to move out 2 days ago) are refusing to move out as they are waiting for the new condo they bought to close (which will happen in 3 weeks). We are super dismayed by this and are wondering if we can do anything (if anything out of spite) for the previous tenants that completely ruined our move in plans and threw a wrench in our months of careful planning. We know we are probably screwed for the 3 weeks and the landlord offered to compensate us for rent we would have paid (a bare minimum). But is there any recourse for us to return the favor to the shitty previous tenants refusing to move out? Can we sue them for reasonable damages in small claims? (e.g. if we stay in temporary housing for those 3 weeks). Can i personally get involved in this or does everything have to go thru our common landlord. Edit: Also is there any kind of documents I can file to them as a possible scare tactic in the mean time? smth like a cease and desist (but ig a cease and desist doesn't really work in this case) [link] [comments]  |
| Demotion after bringing up covid concerns Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:19 PM PDT I work at a fairly large company, and we have been working remote to avoid unnecessary exposure. The higher ups demand we all meet in person for a future project. (This will be a group of about 100) However, the covid numbers being close to the worst they have ever been and ICUs in the area being more or less at capacity. They haven't said explicitly what repercussions the employees will receive if they do not come in, but hinted at several options. I brought up these concerns, which my boss wasn't to happy about. She brought up reasons why it was safe and hinting at me being dramatic. I told her I would like the resources she used to make this determination. She declined I stopped arguing and went in for the meeting. Less than a week after the meeting I got demoted. She of course explained it away as me not meeting the expectations of the role. However, my last review less than 3 months prior I was given high remarks. I had a sneaking suspicion she would do something like this and kept a paper trail of our conversation. Is there legality issues here? Is it even worth the fight? [link] [comments]  |
| Realtor Giving Strangers Lockbox Key Posted: 01 Oct 2021 09:16 AM PDT I live in Broward County Florida. We are moving out of our current apartment at the end of October. Our landlord asked about putting a lockbox on our door. He said he would let us know ahead of time when the realtor was going to be showing it and that was fine with us. For the last two days, we have had complete strangers show up to look at our place at random. They know the lockbox code and walk right in. My partner was standing in the kitchen cooking when it happened the other day. We've told our landlord that this is not okay. I didn't think realtors were allowed to give out that code to prospects for them to just walk in a unannounced and unattended by the realtor. Is this legal? We still live there. All of our possessions are there. It's not like it's an empty apartment. Can anyone shed light on this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:09 AM PDT I have a '79 F-100 that I rebuilt and am quite fond of. It runs and drives beautifully, gets great highway milage, and I (and others) really enjoy it. I drove it from TN to ND in August, and subsequently all around the area for about a month before being crashed-into by an utter nincompoop who ran a stop sign (RIP Honda). His insurance took quite a while to come up with an offer ($6k, total loss), and I haven't accepted it yet (can't find anything to compare it to) and I'm somewhat doubting that I should. The damage is just cosmetic really, and I plan on fixing it myself here in North Dakota before going home. The patina is intentional and part of the "look" (which I'll probably never be able to replicate exactly and I may just end up restoring), but the truck overall is in excellent mechanical condition. From what I gather, a totaled vehicle can't be legally registered, driven or insured in Tennessee until it's "rebuilt", which if true would make it practically impossible to drive home legally (which I intended to do weeks ago were it not for the accident). The insurance agent said the only way to avoid a salvage title would be to drop the claim. Any guidance or insight is much appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| My house is always getting crashed into by hit and run drivers. Posted: 30 Sep 2021 10:21 PM PDT Im not sure if this is the right sub but here goes As the title states it is an awful issue my family has have. Our families home it is right smack in the middle of a three way intersection. In this year alone 4 drivers have crashed into our house damaging our vehicles and property and fled the scene. We have had a total 3 of total loss claims on our vehicles this year and today it happened again. For me it has been the last straw since a while ago and I have urged my family to consider moving out of fear for our safety. We thank God no one has ever been hurt. But our finances aren't the best, we are a family of 5, my parents me and 2 sisters. Me and my father are the only ones with full time jobs. The cops never catch or follow the case all the way, not a single person has been caught. This jas been going on for years. My question is, does the city have any responsibility to my family to set up some sort of barrier or something to help with this? Building our own fence is an issue due to the houses location see (image below) we have been denied a permit for a fence/wall due to our house being on the intersection and being within 10 feet County building and having to do something with the right of way (I attached the city code aswell). I don't understand what it means but either way we are damned if we do damned if we don't. Do I have any grounds to sue the city or does the city hold any responsibility. Pics and city code https://imgur.com/a/EQFMnnN I am in florida btw I'd appreciate any help or advice. If I posted in the wrong sub reddit please let me know and I'd appreciate it if I could be directed to the right place. Thank you. Thanks to everyone for the help I'll be reaching out for boulders lol Also I will be in contact with my local representatives and possibility local news if my representatives ghost me Thanks for all the advice [link] [comments]  |
| Can we be liable if invasive tree spreads to other properties and causes damages? (WA) Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:28 PM PDT We bought our house in December 2020. When we bought it, there was a tree stump in the NE corner of the back yard (house is on the SW corner of the lot). The tree had clearly been cut down and we thought it was dead and didn't think anything of it. Turns out, it's Tree of Heaven, which is insanely invasive. If you cut this tree down, it sends runners up to 60 feet away and grows very aggressively. Clearly the previous owners cut it before selling. This year, the tree has sprung up at least 10 feet. We are noticing sprouts in our yard and our East neighbor's yard, and another full tree developing in our North neighbor's yard. I just read an article (will link below) about this tree essentially destroying a house foundation. My north neighbor's house is right up against the property line and could definitely be fucked up by this tree's root system. No neighbor has approached us about this yet, and the north neighbors are renters who likely haven't even noticed. I'm terrified about being liable for damages to their property, and while we are trying to kill this plant with poison (apparently the only way to do it without digging up our entire yard), I'd like help understanding how worried we should be and whether we could be held liable if they tried to sue us if the plant were to damage their foundation, similar to this story: https://www.koin.com/news/special-reports/tree-of-heaven-northeast-portland-man-saga/amp/ [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2021 04:11 PM PDT Long story short: Man wrote us a contract to treat termites and mold he said we had. We paid him and he "treated" the termites and mold. We had independent, actually licensed, mold and termite inspectors come out and confirm that we never had termites or mold, and that there was no evidence of any of sort treatment. Plus the real experts said what we described is NOT how someone would treat termites or mold. So basically this guy drilled holes in our walls and tore down our siding just to make it look good and do nothing. Also, he won't tell us what "chemicals" he used to "treat" our house. (Please don't say it: we already know how incredibly stupid we are. Just advice please.) ******Edited to add a question I hadn't even considered: If he is an undocumented migrant, what are the odds this will make him get deported? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2021 10:37 AM PDT Bit more clarification. We worked in SC. We were told on hire that tips where put into our salaries/ "pay our salaries." It was just a team of 1-3 chefs each night serving, bar tending, cooking, cleaning, etc for around 50 people. We were told tips could only be received as cash and they must be handed to you with clear intention. A bunch of us former employees are upset now that we know what he was doing was scummy and just want to know how and if we have any chance of fighting this [link] [comments]  |
| DOT cut down my Crepe Myrtle tree. Posted: 01 Oct 2021 09:25 AM PDT North Carolina. Three days ago the DOT was mowing the sides of the road, like they do every year. We came home and noticed that they had limbed the Crepe Myrtle tree. Odd, but maybe we hadn't noticed that a limb was hanging over the road. Yesterday we came home to find that they had completely cut it down. This tree had a ring around it to prevent it from being run over when it was small, and we never removed it. It is very obviously on our property. It was about 12-14 ft tall and about 10 years old. I need to get my ducks in a row before I call them. Do I need to get my attorney to call them or can I go this alone? [link] [comments]  |
| [US - UT] Lost Dog due to Negligence(?) Posted: 01 Oct 2021 09:29 AM PDT So the context of this situation is that I dropped my dog off at the groomers and then I got a call midway through the appointment informing me that my dog ran out of the building. I put in his profile that he is timid and is prone to running in new environments. This was his third time at this groomer's so I would assume they know his profile. When looking at the store, there is a door that leads into the lobby and then another door that leads into the area where they hold all the dogs. They told me that the groomer was opening the door that my dog snuck out into the lobby and then a customer was coming into the store and held the door open for their dog, to which my dog snuck out again. My reported that the groomer tried to run after my dog but tripped and had to go to the ER (because she's pregnant). They were extremely insensitive to the situation and offered no help unless it was asked of them. What I don't get is: why was my dog off leash ever? I understand that it was mid-appointment but I would think that they would ensure all the dogs were secured before opening any doors, especially if they're prone to running away because they're scared. Is there anything I can do in this situation? [link] [comments]  |
| Bought a business. Bank is now asking for everything from sale. Posted: 01 Oct 2021 10:48 AM PDT Hi! Pretty cut and dried, but wanna check on options. I purchased a small business from a larger small business before the pandemic. Essentially, I bought one small part of the larger business and the larger business continued to operate until a few months ago. About 4 months ago, the larger business closed when the owner chose to walk away. The business was headquartered in Minnesota and the bank that lent startup finds had a UCC filing stating they were collateralizing "all inventory, chattel paper, accounts, deposit accounts, contract rights, equipment, general intangibles, furniture, fixtures and all other assets, whether owned now or acquired in the future". These were filed in 2018 and then again in 2020, the latter being after I had acquired the business. Today, I received notice that I have until the end of today to remote all of this to them. Now, no lien was conveyed with the sale. We have also done some serious upgrades, and they are requesting any profits from that. I have a call in to my lawyer who handled the original sale, but my partner thinks it would be simpler to offer to turn over any tangible property that is still in our possession, but I don't see that as reasonable. They did send me a copy of the contract and their UCC filings, though they do not list the debt. Also, my business is located in Missouri, so it would be a foreign enforcement. Should I play nice and try to come to terms, or just have my lawyer enforce the contract that says this isn't our problem? [link] [comments]  |
| Ex is giving my children and myself 5 days to get out. Can he do this? Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:09 PM PDT I moved to Asheville, NC with my partner a few months ago. We got an apartment and due to my credit not being stellar, we had the lease put in his name initially. We found out after that we could add me after moving in, but I didn't get around to filling out the application. Huge mistake. We broke up a couple of weeks ago and he's not taking it well at all. I received a text 2 days ago stating the locks for the apartment were changed while I was gone and my children were at school and that we needed to find somewhere to go. I managed to convince him to give us more time to find somewhere to stay, since we don't know anyone in the area yet. He's given me until Wednesday. The leasing office won't speak with me since I'm not on the lease. When I registered my children for school, he filled out a landlord form stating they resided at this address. I don't know if that's good for anything, but just throwing it out there. Is he able to do this? I know you can't technically evict people under the moratorium, but all the apartment has to do is keep changing the locks when we're not home. What options do I have, if any? I have venmo transactions showing where I sent rent to him. [link] [comments]  |
| Aunt secretly put grandfather's house in her name. is this legal? Posted: 01 Oct 2021 10:25 AM PDT She has discussed this with the family under the guise that it would be better for our grandfather, who she has put into a home. We all know it is because she has crippling debt from gambling and shopping issues (routinely spends $700+ dollars each on 10 dresses at a time for paegents my cousin doesn't want to be in, etc. while on disability and minimum wage side job). Our family whole-heartedly opposed her putting it in her name, which essentially guaranteed the house will be lost to these spending issues. She has never owned anything that was not lost because of these issues. She put the house in her name in secret when we were all there visiting when we worried that my grandfather was on his deathbed, who owns the house. She had my other aunt drive her to town hall Aug 4th this year to "pick up pool passes" and was there for 2 hours and came out without said pool passes. Just found out today that she was really getting it transferred to her name. She is on disability for "insanity" because of bipolar disorder. I don't think she would be a selected recipients by today's criteria, but I don't argue she isn't all there in the head. I am not sure if she has power of attorney. It seems unbelievable that if she isn't able to make decisions on her own behalf that she would be able to make them for my grandfather. I want there to be a house to come home to is my grandfather is able to return home. Its horrible that she essentially evicted him. Since she did she has had no intention of bringing him home - threw out all his stuff, brings him foods that the doctors know will harm him (he has an eating disorder), etc. He means a great deal to me, and this situation is also tearing apart the rest of my family because of her selfishness. My grandfather has really not been with it to make these decisions. It seems like this can't be legal. She is a compulsive liar and trying to address anything head on with her has been fruitless. Any course of action available? Edit: this is taking place in Florida. My family members live in several states, but my aunt and grandfather are Florida residents. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2021 08:59 AM PDT I work for a property management company and rented a home from a neighbor of a property I manage. Upon move out there was a $500 security deposit and during walk thru the landlords claimed they were missing pots and pans. I told them we had our own and didn't take them, as my wife and I were just wed and had our own cooking wear. I told them they could take it out of the security deposit if they felt inclined, which they did, but mostly because there was bathroom damage from hanging artwork and they needed to re-paint. We didn't get our $500 back. This was seven months ago. I thought all was behind us. Today my boss called me and said a letter was written to the homeowners of the property I manage (neighbor to my ex-landlords) that I stole pots and pans upon exiting their property. The owners I work for then wrote an email to my boss that they were missing some wicker baskets and that they didn't feel comfortable. My boss told them that the baskets could have gone missing from the various AirBnB clients we rent their home out to. Regardless, they requested my boss come to the home and take photos of inventory. I feel like they are making me out to look like a thief when in reality, I have no clue where their pots and pans went and I'm thinking their tenant before me may have taken by mistake or they didn't really know what items were stocked in the kitchen to begin with. I'm wondering if I have a case here for slander? I work in a very small town and my reputation means a lot when managing multi-million dollar homes. Now they are affecting my work environment and I am upset about this. Any thoughts are welcomed! Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Can I pick up my kids from school if my ex says she won’t give them to me on my visitation day? Posted: 01 Oct 2021 06:21 AM PDT I do not know if this is the right place for this, please redirect me if not. Today is my day to get my kids for 2 nights per my visitation order. My ex has been withholding visitation and I've been looking through my court order to see what can be done about it. For my weekends, it says I get them every 1st, 3rd, and 5th weekend at 6pm at my ex's residence. But under terms and conditions, it says if I elect to begin a period of possession at the time their school lets out, I can get them from school. Does this mean I can get them from school today, or is this only applying for special circumstances like holiday terms? Just a bit confused, thank you. This is in Texas. [link] [comments]  |
| Can a creditor in the US collect a car rental claim debt from Italy? Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:16 PM PDT About two years ago I rented a car in Italy from a car company based in Germany. About 9 months after the trip I started receiving emails from the car rental company saying I damaged the wheels, to which I replied with photos of my own showing that the wheels were not damaged. The car rental company said that my photos were not proof and still persisted saying I owed 2k dollars, selling the debt to a company in Florida and now they have been sending letters. I live in CO. What are the chances that is debt is even collectible and they will pursue it? What would the debt collector have to do to to get a judgement against me for this debt? I don't feel like I owe this debt as my photos show that the wheels were not damaged. Thx. [link] [comments]  |
| Hired a painter to remove popcorn ceiling. He assured us it didn't have asbestos, it did. Posted: 01 Oct 2021 10:28 AM PDT Washington State. Last week I hired a painter to remove our popcorn ceiling. I told him I was waiting to hear back from a lab to see if it had asbestos. He assured us that there was a 0% chance our ceiling had asbestos. After he took the ceiling down the results came back for 2% asbestos fiber. Are we at risk for litigation from him for exposing or is it the other way around and he's liable for assuring us it didn't matter? [link] [comments]  |
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