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A Canadian citizen, who lived in many countries, married an American woman and has a child with American citizenship. His job required a lot of travel, and he never had an issue leaving USA and coming back with Canadian passport. Couple years ago he divorced with his wife and got split custody...

I am not complaining to you or to anyone, I am trying to understand my rights - in particular, whether or not I will be able to successfully dispute their decision. I guess, it was defined quite clearly in my posts.

I am not talking now about whether it was my choice or not. I am talking about the fact that I worked from home and I can prove it - our client can confirm. If my employer can force me to take vacation for this day, then he can also force me to take me vacation for the days I worked in the...

My mother died in the US without leaving a will. She did not have any significant property here, but she had a bank account in her native country. Now my relatives there are trying to open a case in the court and inherit that bank account. I don’t have any problem with it as it was their...

Thank you for the information. I have another question. Let's look at the same situation from a different perspective. Both employer and I signed work agreement that stated that I have 10 days of vacation per year. We all know the definition of "vacation": it's my personal free time when I...

If I am forced to take vacation time, should I know in advance that I don't have to work?

In my case they transfer the responsibility for bad weather to employees. I personally worked from home during these two days because my project cannot wait, and now I realize that I also have to put in my Saturday - not because it was my choice not to work, but only because the office was closed.

My office in VA was closed for two days due to severe weather conditions, tornado watch, and power outage. It was reopened on Friday, and our VP said that it will also be open on Saturday so employees could make up their time. If someone does not want to come on Saturday, he (she) should mark...