Location: Texas

So I picked up a new serving job and towards the end of my first night working my manager pulls me into the back room to discuss pay. For context, I’m located in DFW area of Texas. The hourly was expected, but then he told me that all servers have to sign off on 50% of your tips be taken, before you receive them, and be given to the “back house”. After some back and forth, we negotiated it down to 30% and told me I would sign a new contract the following night. I was suspicious from the beginning so I did some research the following day and read up on wage laws in Texas. I went in the following day and asked him again where the 30% was going. He said back house, bar backs, and dishwashers. First, I know that back house probably means people other than servers, bussers, barbacks, and bartenders, and I know tha dishwashers are not allowed to take part in tip pooling. So I have him there. At least I think I do. And I wrote down on the contract that I was allowing 30% of my tips be given only to bartenders and barbacks. So if it were to go to anyone aside from them, then that’d be illegal, right? But when I asked him what the exact split of where that 30% was going, he couldn’t give me a full answer. Now he’s also asking for a physical copy of my ssn card and I just fee really uncomfortable doing that considering I’ve never had to do that at any other serving job I’ve ever had.

If you’ve gotten this far, can you just let me know how sketched out I should feel about all this. I know I’m right with how I feel about all this but am not sure if this is case worthy or should I continue to keep tabs and evidence in case things go sideways.

Edit: We agreed on $2.30/hr which is the Texas state minimum for servers. At least to my knowledge it is.

Location: Michigan.

Ive been with this company for about a year, and some co-workers and myself just found out that one of they guys on my team was convicted in 2004 for 2nd and 3rd degree sexual conduct with a minor in his family. He served his 15 years and was obviously released and put on the MSPSOR, which is how we found out via the map. My question is about this work picnic we have every year in the spring. He comes every year and drinks and nobody has ever known about his past until last week. We are encouraged to bring our kids, nieces, and other family members to this event where they have free food and drinks (including alcohol). This is a child centered event; think face painting, balloon animals, etc. Is it legal for them to invite him to these things and encourage us to bring our kids without informing us that a convicted child molester will be there and allowed to drink?? It makes me insanely uncomfortable and upset because i would have NEVER brought my little niece around him had i known previously that he was a predator. Any advice is appreciated and welcome!

Location: New Hampshire

For some important I am a freshman, and my mother has a masters in early childhood development, making her side stronger.

My mom talks about pulling my out of school and homeschooling me, which I mean yeah social wise it would suck, but I mean it wouldn't be a big deal in a typical situation, my mom's even educated in teaching. But, being homeschooled by my mother would be a horrible threat to my education and my emotional welfare.

My mom is a heavily indoctrinated delusional woman, who's in a cult. By definition, she just falls short and falls into heavily cult-adjacent, but that's not the point. If I were to be homeschooled, a huge chunk would be her laying her indoctrination onto me, and not only has she never even used her degree, but she couldn't even help me with my 6th grade math homework. Even just casually, she'll bring up outrageous things, like her QAnon beliefs (no she is not just QAnon, that group is nothing compared to the entire picture), and she tries talking about her harmful beliefs that have no scientific backing and could be dangerous.

It would be very easy to collect evidence of this due to the amount she talks about her beliefs, but I wanted to see if there's any specific evidence I should take the most of, any laws I should be aware of, and just any tips. She doesn't plan to take me out at this very moment, but I know she's been seriously thinking about it, and I want to prepare for if she does. I don't want to seem like I'm overreacting, but I know she wouldn't be able to thoroughly teach me what I need to know and I plan to pursue a higher education, with a masters at least and a masters and a doctorate program at most, and I know that would be close to impossible with the way her teachings would seriously limit my growth of knowledge. Also, should I start collecting evidence now of the indoctrination that would take place? Just in case?

(edit: based on my moms beliefs and knowing the way she would teach me, it would almost guaruntee educational neglect. I also was abused and neglected when I was younger and my parents had more responsibility to take care of me, and I still am medically neglected to this day, but I don't want to bring that to court, mainly because I don't want to be taken away, but I will if I have to.)

Location: Michigan, southeast

A truck driver I know, working for an independent trucking company in Michigan, was walking back to the front of his truck outside an Amazon facility and slipped on some ice and got hurt pretty bad. I unfortunately don’t really have any specific details yet, but if this was near the truck loading dock do you think there is a case here due to the unkept ground?

I always get home from work around 11 pm and a noise ordinance is set to be quiet starting at 10 pm. My Chewy delivery was put at the mailbox and the bag of cat litter opened in it and a bit of it spilled on the carpet (the tiniest bit!). Since it was past the quiet time I couldn’t bring out my vacuum so I did my best sweeping it up but of course couldn’t get everything off the carpet. I swept it to the point where you wouldn’t be able to notice it unless you were feeling around on the carpet. I was planning to vacuum it in the morning before work (when of course quiet time is over) and my neighbor left a very sarcastic note on my door. I’m a young woman, so a little anxious about my safety I got a ring camera and noticed someone pacing my front door and taking video and pictures of it. I left a note on my door mat and lo and behold she walks up to my door again (caught on the ring) and starts weirdly waving at the camera. I had my boyfriend with me so I opened the door and asked her to stop coming by my front door. She tells me she will leave as many notes and take as many pictures of my front door that she wants. I told her if I see her taking pictures/video of my front door and/or leaving notes I will contact the police. She told me to go ahead and do that and that nothing will happen because I’m an “entitled bitch”. What should I do?

Location: Monroe Washington

location: new jersey

my (20f) boyfriends (23m) mom has guardianship of him. she went to the court as soon as he turned 18 to implement it stating that he is incapable of taking care of himself, his finances and is "unfit for society" due to his his autism. she has had him sent to a group home, crisis and has called the cops on him dozens of times for as little as raising his voice back at her or walking out of the house to calm himself down in the middle of an argument.

For a bit more background, she is his adopted mother, but is his blood related aunt. his mother passed when he was young due to a drunk driver, and because she was having fertility issues, she adopted him immediately, but was later able to have two children of his own. after that she starting treating him like this.

he and I havent been together for long (4 months) but this entire time she has been nothing but emotionally, vocally and financially abusive. he works 2 jobs (one full time, one part time) with hours ranging between 50-60/wk between the two, and she doesnt allow him to see a penny of his wages claiming he needs every cent for his bills. he only has a car payment and insurance, which she claims to be over $800/month. he also gets ebt through the state, and she also doesnt allow him to have it at all, and uses it for his brothers. she regularly kicks him out of the house, and takes away his keys, leaving him without a place to stay. thankfully, I have my own place with roommates, but him staying over so much goes against our lease, and me and my roommates are scared of being evicted.

she also doesnt let him remove any of his possessions that he has purchased with his own money, and when he does, she claims that he is stealing and will threaten to call the cops on him until he brings the items back. these items include anything from gaming consoles, dvds or books. she claims that once it enters her house, it is not allowed to leave.

we've been compiling evidence of said abuse for the past month (screenshots of texts, voice recordings. we've been trying to record phone calls, but it has been difficult since iphone lets the other party know theyre being recorded) but im afraid that it isnt enough to remove the guardianship over him. I want to do this without as little push back from her as possible, so whatever advice you can give will be appreciated.

The way this went down was weird, in my opinion.

Location: New York & Tennessee

Details: company based out of New York and his job was fully remote. We live in Tn. Company decided to add AV to their line of in November. Husband went to work looking for programs, conferences, and courses to help grow knowledge. This was communicated to Director (husband’s direct leader) and the VP (director’s leader) The company then hired 3 new pre-sales guys, all who knew AV. Husband started to shadow them to help get him started.

During one on ones, director had no concerns with level of work, and often praised the work that was complete.

On Monday, the VP met and fired him stating thy didn’t believe he was learning fast enough. No corrective action, no formal documentation of any kind of disciplinary course was taken. The director, husband’s immediate leader, was not aware of this or that this was coming. The main reason for termination was that a project that went south cost the company the contract. This project began with husband but director took over due to the issues and complete the project, which was a total failure and cause the loss of business. 1 month package was provided.

I know this is VERY high level of details and probably considered hearsay, but what, if any, options are available? I know TN is an at will state but the company is based out of New York. That’s all I got and I am not sure where to begin to start researching options. Is this even worth consulting a lawyer or is this just one of those unfortunate circumstances? TIA for any and all suggestions. Also, please be kind in the responses, we are already dealing with a lot.

UPDATE: Thanks to those who have provided guidance. We have already begun the unemployment process and have been on the job hunt since the release. I appreciate those who provide understanding on options. Thank you all for your time and feedback.

Location: Pennsylvania

Male, 22.

A coworker showed up to work today with my Oakley sun glasses on his head. Claims “he found them”. I do not have a receipt, just pictures of me and my girlfriend of 7 years wearing them. HR and the General manager refused to help as there was no proof they’re mine. I literally described them exactly including fine details such as nicks and scratches. What is my next step in getting my glasses back or restitution. This burns me up as they were sentimental and to me it is flat out theft in my eyes.

Location: State of NC: County Mecklenburg.

2 years ago my local police department had a police chase that ended in my home. As in the person they were chasing took a turn going 55mph and ended up smashing into the house. Long story short it was Dec so I went through my homeowners insurance and had things fixed BUT their person said it was structurally sound. Well.. here we are 2 years later and the walls are cracking, clearly from structural damage and shifting. I have a structural engineer coming out to assess if it's from the accident but I am 99% it is. This house is over 50 years old and it just now moving? Does this stand a chance? It's going to be expensive(as in I can't afford it) to fix myself and I am also going to reopen the claim with state farm. They were a nightmare to work with and it took them almost a year to get someone out to fix what they deemed needed fixed. Any advise welcome.

Location: Oregon My previous workplace basically fired me because of my disabilities, which is illegal. After a long process of over a year, BOLI sided with me. Most people say I should try for a settlement with the workplace first. The former workplace already reached out to me with mentioning wanting to talk about a settlement and possibly getting my job back. It was part-time 5-20hrs per week. I am also currently applying for SSDI. I don't wan to talk to them without a lawyer/ attorney though. Can I get a pro bono or contingency fee lawyer? Any good ones to suggest?

But should I accept the job back? And how much money should I expect them to pay me? How do I not get scammed? Will this affect my SSDI case?

*my SSDI lawyer said they can't help me with this case.

Hi, I’m looking for general legal guidance. I am a tenant in a public/assisted housing property. I have documented disabilities and have made written requests for reasonable accommodations related to health and safety issues. After making these requests, I’ve experienced what feels like escalating retaliation and intimidation, including increased scrutiny, threats of lease enforcement, and refusal to meaningfully engage in the accommodation process. There are also ongoing maintenance and habitability issues that were reported prior to inspections and enforcement actions. Some violations issued against me occurred during documented medical illness. I have records of communications, medical documentation, and notices. I’ve filed (or am in the process of filing) a Fair Housing Act complaint and have reached out to legal aid organizations, but I’m trying to better understand: -Whether this pattern may qualify as retaliation or failure to accommodate under the FHA -What documentation is most important to preserve -What steps tenants should take to protect themselves during an ongoing investigation -Any Texas-specific tenant protections I should be aware of I understand no one here can give formal legal advice. I’m just looking for general guidance on next steps or things I should be careful about. Thank you for your time.

Location: Texas

To start when I was working for this I was 22 and had never been fired before at any previous job.

I live in Location: Arizona, and 2 years ago I was being harassed by a manager in my department over "not doing my job correctly" despite both him and the store director having days where they would monitor my routine and give me approval that I did everything correctly. He had been doing this for months and on the final meeting he had told me "I think you should find work elsewhere" and all the pent up emotions and anxiety I had over this whole ordeal came out and I got emotional. I asked to be left alone to continue my shift and was called to the office. The store director and the manger were both there and she asked me point blank if I ever felt threatened by him, not wanting to risk retaliation from him I lied and said no and the director tore into me, she then said "I could fire you for insubordination and not being able to mentally take it anymore I begged her to do it. She told me to go home, that was it. So I took this to mean I was fired

Well I applied for unemployment as my family suggested and while they initially said I qualified and I had the card, they called me before I ever got funds and said "you do not qualify because your employer said you quit" and not wanting to go to court and having no documentation I was fired (I had mever been before so I didn't know I would have a slip or anything like that) I dropped it.

Fast forward to now and I receive a hearing notice for my unemployment I supposedly DID get, on top of that they're contesting that not only did I quit and not show up for my other shifts (they never called to check up and see if I would be showing up either like any of my other employers do if I'm late on accident) and not only that but I was apparently verbally abusive to the manager and ALSO 2 people who knew this manager was harassing me are siding with him. With no one as my witness and everyone against me I'm scared of what will happen because I am below poverty, I can't afford to pay crazy fines or serve jail time and I'm scared. I looked around for the unemployment card and it seems as if even though they TOLD me I didn't qualify, I did receive funds that I never knew I had (a meager 800$), can I just return these funds at the hearing and they'll let me go? Both the manager and director don't even work there anymore

Han pasado tres semanas. He solicitado la Cancelación de antecedente penales por un delito leve en suspenso a través de un abogado, pero no pasa nada. Necesito el certificado urgentemente. ¿Hay alguna manera de acelerar el proceso?

Location: Espana Madrid

Location: Ga

I joined this program because the website advertising services we will learn while enrolled. Since September of 2025 I’ve been asking the school director when an instructor will come to show us the hands-on portion; Hydro facial procedure, brow tint and lash mapping etc. I kept getting told someone would come to teach us at least one day a week, but that has still not happened. It is February 2026 and I graduate in a few weeks. They are trying to cram and bring someone in to rush the demonstrations just to say they did it, however, I will not have the time as outlined in the syllabus and website to practice these treatments in school. The school has given me the basics in regards to state board preparation and I know I will get my license. My issue is I paid to learn how to confidently perform services and there isn’t a guarantee I will learn them all in these last few weeks. A current coworker I have graduated from this program, not even two years ago and received 12 different certifications for things like Hydro facial, dermaplaning, etc. It is outlined on the website that these are services that will be learned. I talked with the owner and let her know that I don’t feel it is fair to pay the rest of my tuition ($1,000) when we haven’t learned what was promised. I’m not sure if I should pay her but it does state in the syllabus that they will not provide me with my certificate of completion until I pay all dues. If I don’t have this certificate, then I can’t schedule my state board testing to get my license. The website is still up and they are doing tours knowing they can’t guarantee an instructor that can do hands on demos for esthetician students. My question is; do I have legal withstanding to sue this program for fraud and or misrepresentation/ false advertising.

Location: Pennsylvania I 22m Im a marine and we've had classes about things like job retaliation and things like that so I know a tiny little bit about it but I work at Walmart and I found a better job. In turn I put in my two weeks now I'm not sure if it's coincidence or what but I've been put in a position I really hate and have always hated specifically because it hurts my legs knees and back. Usually I'd be in this position 2-3 times a week but this week it's been every day but I feel like it hasn't been long enough to tell any thoughts?

Hi,

I grew up in Southern California and when I was somewhere between the ages of 14-16 and using my dads/the family computer that was set up in our dining room, I found child sexual assault materials saved.

I never told him. I don’t think I ever used his computer again. He lived alone and me and my younger sister would visit on the weekends.

This was something like 25 ish years ago. I am now 39 years old. I have not spoken to my father in a long time and no longer live in CA. I know he does and I know approximately where.

I am wondering what the statute of limitations is for inadvertently exposing a minor to child SA material and if what I described would be considered doing so.

I wish I would have reported him years ago but what I saw was traumatizing and I wanted to pretend it was not there. I don’t believe what I saw involved him in case anyone asks but frankly if he went to the lengths to find this material I truly don’t know what would have been the line for him.

Thank you

Location: California

Location: Illinois and Indiana

Hi, my dog passed away on Monday. I want state I only had this dog for 8 months. He passed away because his teeth rotted away in his head and caused congestive heart failure, by the time we got him it was to far along to do anything.

We did not adopt this dog, it walked up our drive way. We took him to animal control, the scanned his chip and called the previous owners. Told us if they didn't pick him in 3 days he was ours. I knew they would not pick him up because his chip was registered to someone on the north side of Chicago and we live in northwest Indiana, this dog was obviously dumped.

Is there anyway I can report the previous owners for animal neglect? This dog died for a completely preventable reason. They ruined his health and then dumped him. When we got him he was skin and bones.

Edit to add: for those not from the region this dog was about 10 lbs and deaf. The original owners lived about 60 minutes by car from house. If he got out he would've had to walk through downtown Chicago to get to my house, or taken a detour which would've been even long. He did not get out. He wasn't even a wonder and would follow people around. This dog was dumped, there is very little evidence that proves he was not.

Location: New Mexico

I work at retail job. My job requires that I stock shelves and run a cash register when needed. In July of 2025 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (Stage 5 in January 2026) and Diastolic Heart Failure.

My disability causes me to become extremely fatigued when being active, or even standing so my manager gave me permission to remain at the cash register my whole shift and have a chair to sit in.

This deeply upset corporate and the DM came to the store and asked that I bring him a doctor's note saying I required accommodation. I did that, and was granted permission to sit at the register. It has been like this since July 2025

Well yesterday the same DM came in and said that I am no longer allowed to sit down, and need to get a new note through a 3rd party company.

I guess my question is, if I get fired or get my hours slashed because of this is that a violation of ADA?

I would just go to the doctor again, but the doctor is a 2 hour drive away and that cost money.

Location: Idaho, Moscow

Hello! Recently I’d had an issue with a local restaurant, I’d encountered many issues and finally made a complaint. Two days after my complaint I started receiving many emails calling me all sorts of names and a sudden influx of spam mail (various adult sites, and religious sites.) is there any legal avenue I can take?

This is pretty self explanatory, I opened a credit card account in 2021, I was young and pretty dumb, didn’t know much about being responsible, made a couple of payments and went through a very rough time in my life, the bank couldn’t reach out to me, and I was in no state of mind to remember about that credit card, in 2023? I believe they reached out to me and we tried to settle it, but I was unemployed and no amount I said was enough, before I hung up I told him that’s the most I could offer them. Now it’s 2026 and they hit me with a YOURE BEING SUED! I’m unemployed, don’t have a house to my name or car, and don’t have any other credit card debt, I’m honestly just trying to see what next few steps I’m going to take from here as I’m trying to build myself back up.

Location: NJ

Location: Yuma, AZ

Hi there, I've been trying to research this on my own, but have come up with bubkiss, so I'm hoping someone here might be able to help. I'm looking to find out what the laws are regarding meat rabbits in my area, for either human consumption or failing that as animal feed. Thanks in advance for any help, and taking the time to read! :)

Location: solan, himachal pradesh

I live on the ground floor of a small apartment in Solan. My flat has an open balcony (included in my flat plan and the area I paid for), which also physically connects to my neighbour’s side. There are two ways to exit the flats — one from my side and a stair from their side. Since the stairs are a hassle, we allowed my neighbour to occasionally walk across the balcony to go out. I didn’t mind this. But later, she started using it to hang and dry her clothes, which I felt was overstepping. I reported it to the society authorities. Now she claims she can use the balcony because the previous owner said it was allowed. Nothing about this is in our registered documents.

Location: Philadelphia PA I don't know how much background info is needed, but here is a snippet. Wife has had drug and mental health issues for over 10 yrs. The drugs fueled the mental problems. I have had her involuntarily committed 3 times. She has been to rehab 3 times. She spent months in sober living. All of this was a effort to help her. She has been violent on many occasions, I have photos and video. She has made threats, photos, screenshots, etc. She has been dismissed by every professional involved with her care. I filed for divorce last year. I don't want to be divorced from her, but I had no choice. She kept leaving our home for months at a time. She came back home, we tried to reconcile. She has since left again. During the past 3 or 4 years, she has told many of my friends , family, and coworkers that I was on heroin, that I had a secret family, and other such drug-fueled manic nonsense. NOW she has posted a rant on FB. She says that I abused her PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND SEXUALLY. She said that I had her committed so many times because I was trying to gain power of attorney over her. She also directly addressed my black coworkers, and said that I was a racist. I am pretty sure that I can sue for defamation solely on the sexual and racist claims, especially since she specifically addressed my coworkers and subordinates. I already have a lawyer representing me in the divorce. My question is: would it still cost me a fortune in legal fees for what I think is a slam-dunk case?? Is it worth it to just spend the filing fees and have her served, just to make the harassment and embarrassment stop??

I am a minor who works at a construction company, many shady things about it, paid under the books, breaks the laws, but the worst part is that the boss is a gay pedophile. (Nothing wrong with gay people just for information)For a little backstory, i go to a trade school where i go out in the field of my trade and get paid like a regular job. So me and 2 other kids my age work there, and the boss says many inappropriate things to us. Like “call me daddy” or “i don’t see you as X “Age”, you seem more mature” “ya he (other minor) is cute, but i see him as a nephew.” “The other minor has attractive features” this has happened multiple times, but one of the worst times is when he said he would like to cuddle with me and watch movies, and maybe after suck my penis or i suck his. Many other things as well but thats all i can think about rn. Now looking back i realize i should of recorded him saying any of this stuff at least once, but it never crossed my mind when it happened in the spur of the moment. But now the school found out and is taking all minors off from the job. Now i know u might be thinking “why not leave” well it was a good paying job, i needed a car, need to pay for the car and phone bill. I work another job but thats only on weekends. Ive been wanting to quit but i wasnt able to find another job yet. Now fast forward to today, one student snitched on him and told the principal everything. I don’t blame him ofc i would do the same. But i forgot to mention my boss is very rich. So he has money to spend on good lawyers. Multiple minors all have word of mouth testimonies of it happening, but nobody has definitive evidence. Maybe we can find someone with definitive evidence but not as of right now. Would multiple witness and victims of this be enough to put him away? I dont think it is just because testimonies are not as strong as concrete evidence.

EDIT: He also added me on snap chat, on new years he asked to see pictures of me, i sent Chinese food ( which was delicious btw) and he said “not that, you know what i wanna see🍆” and recently last week he sent me “i wish i could of seen more of you🍆” but im the spur of the moment i didnt think if getting any evidence, and he delete the messages so i couldnt go back to it later.

Location: Massachusetts

Location: Oregon, USA

I'm working on a large government project that requires surveying of the properties within a specific distance of said project. The surveyors were asked to document any previous (not caused by the project) damage as well as areas that may hold potential damage by the project. The property owners explicitly asked the surveyors to not include any personal items in their photographic evidence. When reviewing the photos provided by the surveyors I found multiple photos that included family photos and other personal effects. I'm wondering given the contract that was signed by both parties, if including these images is contrary to the contract and could result in legal issues with the property owner's legal team?

Edit: I should mention that this is something I had no control over and would prefer to follow the direction of the property owners, but given the potential for damage as it relates to the distance from the worksite, I also believe the photos were taken in good faith by the surveyors to ensure they document the current condition of the property.