State: California\nDo I have a right to request any signed documents that were giving to me by my employer during my employment with them? I.e. reviews (raises), corrective actions....
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You have the right to a copy of anything you signed (as a condition of employment). You have a right to view your personnel file(Take an inventory of everything in it). It's supposed to be in your persnnell file.
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Call your employer and ask for another copy ASAP.
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This depends entirely upon your state's employment commission. I recommend finding the website for them, or giving them a call so they can either tell you what your rights and procedures should be or refer you to appropriate counsel.
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Before you contact a lawyer you should consider doing the ground work.  Have you contacted someone in the Human Resources dept. (if your company has one) or have you made anyone at work aware of the situation?  If you haven't already, start keeping notes concerning when, where and everything about any instance that you consider boss abuse.  You weren't specific as to whether it was physical, verbal or just in general abuse but no matter which one, keep anything that can "prove" your case - pictures, notes, emails, audio recordings.....\n\nThis doesn't exactly answer the question you asked but I thought it might be of some use.
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Yes ... you can! You would need to contact them and you might need to fill out paperwork concerning your work address...they should have given you a number to call.
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What would be the point of checking references if it wasn't legal to receive negative feedback?\n\nThey are allowed to provide negative feedback. The hiring employer must document feedback, and you may ask to review if you believe it is false. The provider of the information must be able to back up his/her statements.
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Your best bet is to consult an attorney. They don't charge too much for consultation services.\n\nMaybe start here:\n\nhttp://www.hg.org/employ.html\nhttp://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/laborlaws/l/aa102300_2.htm\nhttp://www.lawguru.com/\nhttp://www.cbia.com/HR/HRIssuesAndLaws/laborrelationsandunionlaws/default.htm
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Contact the department of job and human services.Find out your rights.
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If you have a human resource department you would report it to them first. If not you report it to your state labor board. They will walk you thru what you need to do.
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Why would you do that?... If your new potential employer finds out, you might have difficualties. Make sure you have a good justification for it. You migh want to write a letter to your former company where you explain what you did and why, and have it signed of reception or something, that might protect you if this whole incident hinders you in the future.\n\nBest case scenario, they won't find out.
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If your company has a Human Resources or Personel Department then that is where I would start with my complaint.  They will investigate the problen and decide if it has merit or not.  While you may feel that they will only side with the companies action, they are actually required by law to look into these types of compliants fairly and equally.  If you can not get a satisfactory solution within the companies system then I would reccomend your state Labor Board and have them investigate.  I would not bother with a lawyer until I have exhausted these methods first.  Follow through with instructions given by the Human Resouces or Labor Board before getting a lawyer because if you don't their defense will be we offered a solution and you did not attempt to follow it, so we have done all we can do.  That defense will hold up for them and you will loose. Do what you have to do and I am sure that you will get the matter resolved.
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Go to your states labor laws website, usually under Dept of employment security. With your state name plus a ".state" or a ".gov"
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The question cannot be answered without fuller facts, but it is certainly possible that your husband's rights were violated -- you should consult a local employment lawyer.  Bring all your papers.  The consultation won't cost you anything.
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Yes. you are being ripped off! you can contact the higher authorities at your work, meaning the ones above your manager. if they dont sort this out, you might want to contact the department of Labor and lodge a complaint with them with a copy of your agreement. also you might want to seek the advice of an attorney after showing him a copy of your contract and you can proceed according to his advice.
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It depends on the state in which you are employed and whether or not you are a salaried or an hourly employee.  Different states have different regulations.  California, for instance, generally does not allow docking a salaried employee's pay.  You can contact the Labor Commissioner's office for your state and they will tell you whether or not what happened to you is legal in your state.
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Start looking for a new job now.\n\nAlso start documenting everything.  If you have any specific evidence, preserve it, and keep a copy.  If not, just write it down with specific dates.  \n\nSpeak with an attorney.  I'm not saying you need to sue, but you should know your rights.  If you're too poor to afford your own attorney, there are usually places you can get free legal aid or legal advice.  You can usually get numbers with a Yahoo or Google search, or Yahoo Yellow Pages.  Or through a community center.  \n\nKnow who your friends are.  Don't make a big issue of it, but try to get an idea of whether there are people over your supervisors who might be on your side, or coworkers who might speak up on your behalf if you need them to.\n\nBe as polite as you think you can to everyone involved, including the people who are hassling you--but don't let yourself be walked on.  \n\nAnd when you think you've been wronged, get a second opinion from a friend whose opinion you trust (someone outside the workplace, so it won't get back to you).  \n\nGood luck!
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While you worked there, you were entitled to have a copy of absolutely anything you signed (which you probably signed your corrective action).  You are entitled to view every last thing in your file regarding any grievances/proof/documentation the company had against your performance (except for anything related to any criminal investigation had they been conducting one).  You can try to call their bluff and contact them stating that you would like to see copies of what you signed and documents related to your performance.  I think they have the right to deny you since you no longer work there.  I worked with a lawyer in a claim I am not allowed to say details of.  Marc Levine was my lawyer - a great wrongful termination/discrimination/sexual harrassment/workplace grievances lawyer.  I have nothing but great things to say about him.  He works on a purely contingency basis so you only pay him if you win the claim or settle out of court.  I will give you his number if you want it so that you can see if you have a claim.  I think he will be able to subpeona those documents should it go that far.  He will be able to tell you what to do next.