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Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn't provide severance: 'I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services'
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Mom, who has been unemployed since 2006, expects her son to drop out of college so he can work full-time and pay her mortgage: 'She insists it’s her house but will not contribute financially.'
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Boss denies employee lunch break for being 8 minutes late, employee takes break and quits: 'I clocked out and went 'to the deli''
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Company only allows PTO on 'sick days,' forcing employees to lie about their time off: 'That’s basically no PTO with extra steps'
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