With coronavirus happening, I am told as a federal work study at a university that I cannot work remotely, despite all of our work being done online. Is this legal? Can I dispute this and request to work from home? I am told as this is a federal work study position, it does not qualify for things like paid holidays, vacation time, sick time and remote working.
The federal government jobs have special rules. If the entire office has moved to remote work due to coronavirus, you will likely be allowed to do that. However, if there has not been a special change for this, then the normal rules regarding eligibility to work remotely would apply. If your position is not eligible to work remotely, that rule would apply unless it is superceded by a general order for that department for all workers to work from home. The key is that you do not have the authority to change the terms of your job unilaterally. Only your employer can do that.
Sublet= forfeit security deposit?
Hello, I'm a student living in Georgia.
Last year, I signed up for a study
abroad program that spanned 8
months and required me to leave in
the middle of a lease. I sublet my
room to a perfectly reasonable fellow
student (my landlord was also a
student and also a roommate!) who
then shared the apartment with the
3 guys I had been living with. My
landlord says I'm ''lucky'' he let me
sublease, which I disagree with, as
he gave me quite a hard time of it
and there were no problems with the
sublessee. He can only refuse if
there is some issue with the choice
of future tenant, right? Now, he says
that since I sublet my apartment, he
is not required to give me my
security deposit back. Is this legal?
I'm too in the dark about real estate
law to really contest this without any
consultation...
Thanks!
