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I'm curious to know if some of my boss's recent decisions are legal. Lack of breaks, docking pay, etc.

Location: TN, USA. Pretty low stakes, really. I work part time at a bakery. Over the past few months we've been pretty short staffed. The owner just hired a new girl a few weeks ago, and still need...

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My father got arrested for doing the unthinkable

Location: Georgia, US Hello everyone, I am in need of some dire help/advice. My family and I have been struggling for years. WAITING for years! In 2020, my sister came to me and told me that my fa...

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Federal Background Check Question - Structuring

Location: Nevada I am in the process of a federal background check. The recruitment team reached out regarding a financial transaction from 2025. I would like to know what is the best way to procee...

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Boss Says I have to put in 60 days

Location: WA State. Edit: So I called a couple friends to get their take on it and one pointed out that my boss has let other people quit with no notice just walk out no 60 day notice nothing so I'...

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My pinball machine is locked inside a repair shop that suddenly closed and the landlord says he won't release anything until the shop owner pays him

Location: North Carolina I dropped off a vintage pinball machine at a local arcade repair shop about six weeks ago because it kept resetting during games. I bought it a few years ago and have the r...

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My employer requires me to install a tracking app on my personal phone

Location: California. I work as a field technician. Our company has always used a paper sign-in sheet at the depot and a separate work-order system for service visits. This week management told us ...

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A former manager is giving references under my name

Location: Washington. I used to manage a small customer service team. I left that job in March and have no role with the company now. A former coworker called me yesterday to thank me for the glowi...

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Car with existing unrepaired damage already paid out by previous insurance claim was somehow struck again in the exact same spot by a mobile home hauling company

Location: Nebraska Bear with me here, still kinda freaking out and rambling. So some months ago, I have a car that was struck while parked on my curb. The other diver's insurance paid up swiftly a...

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Ex contacting my minor children

My ex who is not the parent of my minor children keeps trying to contact my kids. I had previously written texts and emails to him telling him he was not to contact my children again. This was abou...

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Can I get out of my mortgage contract for a $215,000 house before we reach closing?

I'm 24 year old male trying to buy a house. I have about $120,000 left to me by my uncle who died when I was 9 years old, and I work 40 hours a week making $20.00 an hour and after taxes I bring ho...

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My employer refuses to pay my last paycheck

Location: California I’m a college student and this was my first job, so I’m not very familiar with California labor laws or what my rights are. I’m looking for advice about approximately $700 in u...

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A marijuana plant popped up in my front yard. What are the legal parameters here?

Location: Washington State. We moved into this house about 4-5 months ago, it's a rental. There are plants in the front yard that the landlord request we keep watered, and we have been. There's a ...

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Sibling custody

Location: Wyoming My(f26) parents have shown over the last 3+ years they are unfit to care for my siblings. Out of four kids, 3 moved out before 18 but the situation is now more dire. My sister (15...

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My husband was arrested for taking approved damaged merchandise.

F 27 Location: Georgia USA My husband got arrested at work today. He works as a trailer technician for a huge retail company. One of the boxes full of merchandise was damaged. Well, some merchandi...

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Boss is withholding payroll taxes but not paying the IRS or government

Location: Missouri I work as a mechanic in a small Missouri town. Mom and pops type business, small family ran operation with only a few outside people helping around the business. I recently disc...

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My brother passed away and his widow/my sister in law will not allow us to see his body, set up a funeral, and will not pass on the rights to his remains

Location: Arizona and California It is taking place in Arizona, we are in California, though I’m not sure if that matters My brother passed away earlier this week, and to put it short, he had separ...

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Job refusing to payout PTO over 2 Week notice miscommunication.

This isn't for me, but more so for my dad. My dad worked at his job for 25 years and safe to say it's sucked the life out of him. A month ago he went to HR and asked how many week in advance he wou...

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Detained, searched, drugs seized by sheriffs and I was let go with no paperwork, little explanation. Is this common, what to expect?

Location: Michigan Trying to keep it short, but basically I was sitting alone in a parking lot, pulled up on with flashlights by sheriffs who then detained and searched my car due to white powder a...

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NM labor laws question

Location: new mexico I recently got laid off from my job on the 30th of Sept. On the 25th the company attempted to get me to sign an NDA/separation agreement with the promise that if I filed for un...

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18F dealing with a mom who protects her creepy boyfriend over me after a recent restraining order. I need court advice badly.

Location: New Jersey Hey guys, I’m f18 and currently finishing up high school. I’m in a really messed up situation with my mom and her boyfriend and I don't know what to do anymore. I’m temporarily...

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Trying to Divorce a Marine

Location: Souther California Hi I am hoping to get some info about the situation I am currently in with my husband who is a marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. So we got married last year in Novemb...

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