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Misconduct Discipline and Employee Rights

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Accel Admin

Clients and potential clients always have questions about what their rights are in the disciplinary process. Employers often have progressive discipline policies and then those policies and employee may have some rights to certain levels of discipline before suspension or termination. Public employees always have those rights and usually a…
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Negotiation of An Employee Contract

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Accel Admin

Employees often have questions when they are presented with a contract for employment about whether the employer will agree to negotiate any part of that contract. Sometimes, that is possible, sometimes, it’s not. Often an employer, depending on the size and the regular use of that contract, will simply refuse…
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Assistance with Reviewing An Employment Contract

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Accel Admin

Employees often have questions when they’re presented some kind of employment contract by their employer. Employers will present employees often with something that’s called a ‘restrictive covenant’, which is a non-compete, or a contract for certain term of employment that should always be reviewed by an attorney. You agreed to…
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Random Drug And Alcohol Tests in The Workplace

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Accel Admin

Employees often have questions about whether their employer can send them for a random drug or alcohol test. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, there are no laws regulating those test in private employment. However, you should be aware that your employer should have reasonable cause or at least a policy…
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I Was Injured At Work Without Safety Equipment

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Accel Admin

When an employee is injured on the job and there is no safety equipment, that’s often a big concern. Your employer is required and should provide you with the necessary safety equipment. There are laws such as OSHA and Worker’s Comp Rules which require certain safety equipment to be provided…
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My Workers Compensation Rights If I Get Injured On The Job

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Accel Admin

A lot of people have questions about when they injured on the job, whether their rights are limited to worker’s compensation and in all cases that answer depends on the circumstances of the injury. For example, if you were injured on someone else’s premises, and there was a condition on…
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