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MARCH 28, 2022

I and other colleagues at my workplace (local government) have been meeting informally with members of the public about a project in my community that I am the project manager for. In my opinion, this is just one more mail I have to open and delete. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. These are conversational meetings.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Remember the letter-writer who worked for a government agency subject to public records requests and whose manager’s manager was sending work emails to her personal Gmail account and asking that she respond only from her personal account, keeping it off the government servers? The meeting with our legal team was great.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The Campaign is only open to legal residents of the continental United States, and is void where prohibited by law. SnackNation shall have no liability for Winner’s failure to receive notices due to spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for Winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

I have packaged and mailed innumerable items for him, from Amazon returns to birthday gifts for relatives. What matters is whether the federal government categorizes your job as what’s called “exempt” or “non-exempt.” Being salaried doesn’t change that.

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JULY 19, 2021

Legally they could simply require vaccination (with the usual medical and religious exceptions), but some companies figure they can get it done with less strife this way. I have concerns about the legality and liability of using gmail for these communications. This is infuriating in how nonsensical it is.

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APRIL 10, 2022

Can my boss legally pay me through PayPal? Is this legal? I’m tempted to try again and ask if he would be willing to mail a check or brainstorm other ideas. But I’m wondering if your boss is even deducting payroll taxes as he’s legally required to do. I am charged this fee. They take it out of my wages.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

My worry is that after an interview, I’ll be asked to e-mail a list of references, and I’ll have to wait to hear back from the professors I’d like to list if they happen to be busy. Could you tell me if what is happening is legal or not? Yes, that’s legal. short answers'

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The ED asked me to handle all the legal paperwork for transferring the deeds and titles and whatnot. The process was incredibly confusing, and no one at the various county governments was helpful, only advising that we hire a real estate attorney to do the paperwork. One of our donors gave us a bunch of time shares for the auction.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

, but I have not sent it back as I am unable to transport it to the post office, given that I travel exclusively by bicycle, and received it at the height of lockdown when I did not feel comfortable meeting someone to take me to mail it back. In fact, I have not mentioned the receipt of the TV to anyone.

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APRIL 14, 2020

I completely understand why the government has recently boosted the unemployment payments , but I am really struggling with where that leaves “essential” workers. Is this legal? You could say, “I’m happy to help out, but I want to make sure we do it legally so we don’t get in trouble. Does $X work?”

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JUNE 10, 2020

She has offered to go in to our closed office, pick up office supplies, and mail them to us (on her dime). They can require a two-week quarantine period, and they can require it be unpaid — but they cannot legally permit him to work while they’re not paying him. Any chance this somehow got mixed up when it was being relayed?

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JUNE 12, 2017

Should government workers thank people for doing things they’re legally required to do? I work for a medium-sized government agency. The organization must find the records, get a notarized statement swearing by their authenticity, then send them to us, either by fax or by mail, at their expense.

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JANUARY 22, 2016

I have worked in sciences for my state government for four years. But it really should be okay to simply say, “I needed to wait until I had legal work authorization, and now I do.” I’d like to stay in touch with him, if possible, but only have his (now former) work e-mail. And yeah, definitely don’t take it to HR.).

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Accusations of wrongdoing and ineptitude continue to plague election officials, despite their explanations of legal compliance and process. For the most part, elections are run locally by community members who work for their county or city government. These offices work closely with other county and city government offices.

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Work Life

MARCH 20, 2024

As experts on constitutional law and reproductive health and justice, we are sorting out just what the federal government can do to protect access to abortion. Most Americans think of the federal government and the president as capable of doing anything that a majority of Congress thinks is appropriate. But that is not true.

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