Questions and Answers on Common Employment Questions
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Diabetes in the Workplace and the ADA
(Separate Website)
Have questions about accomodations or discrimination due to diabetes at the workplace? Look here for to read what the laws are and what you need to know.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Q & A About Epilepsy in the Workplace and the ADA
(Separate Website)
Here you can find information and answers to many questions about Epilepsy in the workplace.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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
Workplace Fairness: It's Everyone's Job
(Separate Website)
Workplace Fairness is a web site that provides information, education, and assistance to employees and their advocates.
By: Workplace Fairness
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