I worked in this restaurant for six years. In July, it closed for renovations. We were all laid off. We weren't given any official or written layoff notices, but we did know it would be closing, not sure if that matters or not. Anyway, we could collect unemployment.

Now the restaurant has changed it's name by adding a letter, and now are hiring. Some of us who worked there before reapplied, and the application process was very long and tedious and included being given one of those personality assessment tests. So, the new general manager calls me back two days later and tell me that according to my test performance, I was not what they were looking for and would not be working there.

(Turns out almost everyone who did work there are not getting their jobs back.) One of these people worked there for 14 years and also worked as a pastry chef using her own recipes. The owner is still going to be using her recipes even though she will not be working there.

My question is, can he do this? I should note that he did not purchase the recipes from her.

Thank you!

Sexual Harrassment

I am in a civic club and a another member said this 26 year old girl wanted to go to bed with me, I am 60 years old. I told him I woud like to live another day so forget it and what do you want. All he wanted was a 2 inch ball to pull a trailer in the local parade. I talked to the girl several days later and she said she wished he would stop and it was very embarrassing and it hurt. I asked a Deputy Sheriff and told him what she said and he told me i must report this to some one in charge, so I did. Now the civic wants to bar me from doing any work at the Fair Grounds. I have been ther over 20 years. There is nothing in there BY Laws that say they can dothis. The man has been saying things about other ladys for years that have to do with sex.

unfair trade practices

is it against any law that a company, lets call that company a has a purching company and is contracted to company b to appove prices and keep track of company b's vehicle repair expensives. company a also owns a repair facility that repairs company b's vehicles. so company b brings in vehicle and company a calls company a for price approval of repairs. for competion purposes, company a has all prices ever spent on company b's vehicles. this leads to price gouging and unfair competion for other repair shops without the history of prices approved by company. all other repair shops have to call company a and give their prices for approvals for the business on company b's vehicles. Ttherfore company a has the repair bids to turn over to company a's repair shop. not sure if its against the law for company a to do this, other than company b is not very smart. this practice has just about put me out of business. both company a and b are large corps.

Affidavit

I need to do an Affidavit for step-son birth place date etc for husb to sign. I don't know how to go abt it. Mom was hippy born in bk of van no birth certificate - needs one now at age 36 for security clearance as he is in construction on DIA