Airbo15 asked:


Hello. My company (a credit union) is interested in bring in a high school student for an unpaid internship with our accounting department. She is under 18 and a Canadian citizen. She noted that she cannot apply for a Social Security number until 18. Until then, she is under her father’s (a U.S. citizen) number.

She’s only worked for her dad, thus hasn’t needed to apply for a work permit yet.

We normally do pre-employment background checks on all candidates (requires a SS#). What is our responsibility as the employer in this situation?

Thank you. Any links to legal requirements would be helpful.
Richard - I live in Indiana. Check out the Six Factor Test on this website: http://www.laborlawyers.com/showarticle.aspx?Ref=list&Type=1119&Cat=3388&Show=10055

She passes the tests in our case and thus is exempt from wage and hour requirements, but the non-citizen thing complicates it.

Earle

Dakota asked:


Well, when I was 17 (about 3 months ago or so) I shoplifted from JCPenney (so stupid, i know, and I would never do it again!). Anyway, I had to pay JCPenney’s lawyers $200, and then I went to juvenile court. Since it was my first offense I was sent to the pre-trial judge I guess so I wouldn’t have to go in front of a judge in the actual court room. I was assigned 25 hours of community service to complete in 30 days. I was able to finish the hours by volunteering at my church, however, around the time I was assigned the work I was on the tennis team at school and also had required AP study sessions after school and I also have a job at Kmart. So with all this to do I was only able to volunteer at the church on Sundays and so I was about 3 weeks late completing my hours. I got a letter saying that I have to come back to court this monday because I didn’t complete my stuff on time. I’m so nervous, what will my punishment most likely be? Please, only helpful advice : [

Abdul

nakeddog asked:


so heres the deal, a friend of mine got scammed into signing up for a ‘free’ trial of some detox thing and she had to pay shipping. now it turns out she (and everyone who signs up for the ‘free’ trial) has in reality signed up for a monthly subscription of about £160 for massively overpriced herbal supplements as explained in their T&C. she has now cancelled and written off the £160. they are quite clearly a scam, exploiting the fact that people like free things and don’t read T&C. when i checked them out, i noticed that their T&C box is already checked. and hence she did not opt-in. this os the only time i have seen this and it doesn’t quite sit right with me. is this legal? if so can you tell me were you got your info from. thank you

Jay

monkey_4me2 asked:


Ok this was the first place my family and i ever rented, when we moved in there were some things broken or not there, which the landlord told us about. we signed a six month rental agreement. we livd there for a year an a half she did not want us to sign anothe agreement after the six months. we had family stay wth us for a couple weeks, and the other renters told her that they were there for months she ask us about it we tell her what was going on she said they leave or you leave, after the landlord left us without a fridge for 4 months knowing we have a two year old, post a notice on the door telling us we have three days to leave. we packed up as much as we could we were stupid and left the place a mess. other family members cleaned up as much as they could before the manager of the park called her and said we left without notifing anyone. three weeks later we get mail saying that we owe her over $4,000 in damages (i.e the floor not being level) we told her we would pay for thing we know we had done (i.e mirror, a cabnet door) but she did not like that so we are not waiting for the second pre-trial, and i have no idea what to do!! so anyone any advise would help, thanx

Reyna

trcyddy asked:


I received a pre legal notice from Midland Credit management the other day. It says they’ve been contacting me, even though they haven’t in over six months. Anyway, one option it says is to call to set up agreeable affordable payments. The debt is not very much, $1025. I am able to pay this now ( I have sent payments in the past, but then circumstances came about and I couldn’t). I am not running from my debt if anyone is going to make smart remarks about that. I did it, and I intend to pay it off. Question is, they have always been very pushy about wanting my banking information so they can pull it out directly. I am not comfortable with that, but want to make first payment next week, then will be paying the rest completely next month. I am just afraid they will refuse my payment or end up taking more money than authorized. If I send a money order, or even Western Union, will they accept it? Will they give me a hard time about not using my debit card?

Max

cutie asked:


Hi.

This is my problem. I’m trying to advance ahead and get pre-calculus my sophomore year and one of the administrators won’t let me.

I took Algebra 1 my in middle school
I took Algebra 2x my freshman year.
And now I’m in Geometryx.

Since Geometry is required for Indiana anyway, I was going to double and get Geometryx and pre-calculusx at the same time.

Because my scheldule won’t allow me to take both at the same time, I was going to take pre-calx this year and Geometryx along with Calculusx my junior year. That way by my Senior year, my school will have no choice but to pay for me to go to IU and take Trigonometry (which will count as a college credit).

My father came up to the school and talked to one of the administrators. He (the assistant principal for juniors and seniors) said that it was okay if my math teacher thought that I could handle it. My father and I talked to my Geometry teacher and she agreed with us. We decided that I will take a Geometry test and if I test out, it will be okay for me to take pre-calx.

The principal got involved and she asked my father to write a note stating that if I fail pre-cal (because she thought that it would be too much for me) that it is not the school’s fault and that my father takes full responsibility. My father wrote the letter and signed it.

So now, I get my scheldule changed, and one of the other administrators (the assistant principal for freshman and sophmores) told me that she wasn’t signing my new scheldule and that I’m not going to take that class until my junior year.

Can she really do that? Even though I took the test and past? Is it against school board policies?

She told me to just stay in Geometryx and ask my teacher to give me more challenging work.

Is there anything I can do about this? Or do I have to wait till next year to take it.

By the way, I made a 4.0 average in Algebra2x. That was last year (my freshman year).

Just so you know, I have internet access, tons of math books, and my older sister is in Calculus AP right now and even tutored kids that was in pre-cal. Not to mention the pre-cal teacher him/her self

How can I possibly fail?

Frida

hannah s asked:


we have been together for 4 years and were going to get married next september,now im not sure what to do.He owns 2 flats over here in spain and i dont have any property,however i do help him to pay a lone that he took out to cover legal coasts to buy the flats i also pay half of all bills.What should i do
I do know that i covers both partys but i dont see how ,he owns everything there is nothing in my name i work full time and he works a couple of hours a day.he wants it to read that if we get divorced i can not have anything ,if im with him for 20 years for example how would that be fair

Garfield

RecurvDesign asked:


Hi! I need some advice. I currently came to a settled amount to pay my credit card company because I’ve lost my job and I’m no 90 days late. Well, the day that we came to the agreement my file got handed over to their “pre-legal” department, which I found out is a third party legal servicing company that will not honor my previous agreement with the credit card company. Is this “pre-legal department” the collection agency and has my debt been sold? If this is not the collection agency and my debt has not been sold should I just wait until it is sold to negotiate and pay a lump sum? What should I do? Thanks According to both my credit card company AND this pre legal department, the previous agreement is null and void because it has gone to pre-legal. I was working with a rep that was trying to “get the file back from legal” so he could work with me. I dont want to send the amount that was previously agreed upon because even the credit card company says there isnt anything they can do now that it has been passed on tot he prelegal department. Any help?

Lee

Concerned222 asked:


I recently went to a pizza shop, its a chain but it only has 2 locations, so no website to complain at. They are also not a member of the Better Business Bureau.

Here’s the story. I went in for a quick slice after college on my way back home. I walk in and look at the menu, and ask “Do you guys have any kind of combo or anything with some pizza or a drink, or is it all seperate prices?. The employees were all pre-occupied watching tv in their dining area, and an older man working there said this to me “If you want a god-damn combo go to subway next door.” I replied to him “Do you think that’s the right way to treat a paying customer?” His response was “I don’t care, we don’t do that here. Go somewhere else.” Another employee was laughing about it. Wondering what my options are, as i would really like to show these toolbags that they can’t just screw over and be rude to anyone who asks a legit question about their services. I want to know any and all options i have, even those not within reason (aka start a protest). This is in PA by the way. Thanks in advance.

Carlie

Alexandria T asked:


I went in for an urgent care visit back in October bc I had a UTI. My insurance co refuses to pay the bill, stating that its a pre-existing condition. I.e., I had one less than a year ago and was prescribed antibiotics for it.

However, an infection IS NOT pre-existing unless it is chronic. Furthermore, the UTI in October is technically a NEW infection, as the previous one was treated and “cured” with antibiotics. Hence, the infection cannot be termed pre-existing as it is neither the same infection from before (though yes, the same type - both UTIs) nor is it a chronic condition.

Is there anything I can do to appeal aside from sending a doctor’s note in my favor? I cannot afford to seek out a lawyer for this unfortunately. What can I seek on my own? Any legal cases I can review? Any other documents or letters I could write to help my case?

Thank you in advance

Leo