Wage and Hour: Answers to Questions Most Often Asked by Employees
(Separate Website)
Do you have questions about Alaska's labor laws? The answers to this set of questions most often asked by employees may help you.
By: State of Alaska, Wage and Hour Administration Offices
I Have Applied for a Promotion 100 Times, and I Keep Getting Turned Down for No Apparent Reason.
However, when they hire for this position, they are hiring people with fewer skills than I have, or they hire people with whom they have a personal relationship. Is there something I can do?
By: Kathleen Frederick (Member, Alaska Bar Association Employment Law Section)
Duties That Aren't On My Job Description -- Do Them Or Quit?
Question: I was given job duties to do that aren't on my job description, and I was told to do them or quit. What choice do I have?
Answer: This question has both a practical and a legal answer. Find the details here.
By: Peter Partnow (Member of Alaska Bar Association Employment Law Section)
My Employer Isn't Following Its Own Rules or Handbook. What Do I Do?
My employer has sanctioned, fired, or done something else to me without following its own rules or handbook, and there is no union to help me. What do I do?
By: Ann Gifford (Member, Alaska Bar Association Employment Law Section)
I Was Told to Transfer to Another Position or Resign From My Job? Can My Employer Do This?
By: Kimberlee Colbo (Member, Alaska Bar Association Employment Law Section)
Can My Employer Make Me Take a Drug Test if My Job Does Not Affect the Safety of Others?
By: Helena Hall (Member, Alaska Bar Association Employment Law Section)
Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination (Questions and Answers)
(Separate Website)
This web page lists frequently asked questions and answers about federal laws that prohibit employers from discriminating against their employees and applicants for their jobs.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Q & A About Blindness and Vision Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with
(Separate Website)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Title I of the ADA makes it unlawful for any employer to discriminate against a qualified applicant or employee because of a disability in any aspect of employment.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Q & A About Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace and the ADA
(Separate Website)
Here you can find information addressing problems for applicants and employees with intellectual disabilities in the workplace.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Q & A About the Association Provision of the ADA
(Separate Website)
The association provision is to prevent employers from taking adverse actions against someone because of a relationship or association with someone with a disability.
By: EEOC
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