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 If your position is not eligible to work remotely, that rule would apply unless it is superceded by a general order for that department for all workers to work from home.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.
During the years of 1998 through 2002, I acquired 8-10 credit cards and charge cards in college. By 2002, I owed approximately $9,000-$10,000 to these cards. I stopped using the cards in 2001/2002 and began to aggressively pay them off as much as I could. By 2006, all of my credit cards were completely paid off and I never opened another card until just this summer.
In May of 2008, I was served papers at my home to appear in court regarding an attempt to collect on a credit card debt. I knew that all of my credit cards were paid off. When I contacted the person on the papers, �Raul�, from The Schindler Law Firm, in Schaumburg, IL, I learned quickly that his information was not correct. He had my name and my social security number, but a completely different date of birth and incorrect previous addresses in cities and states that I had never lived in. He wanted me to send him a check for $2,238 to avoid going to court and acquiring court fees. He continued to harass me by phone demanding the payment up until the court date. I went to court on August 20, 2008 and the prosecution did not appear. The judge told me that it was most likely a fraudulent attempt to collect on a debt, and the case was thrown out. I still have the court papers that state this.
Now, 3 more years have passed, and on my last paycheck, I was garnished $77 from an unknown source. Through my payroll company, I found out that the garnishing company is Worldwide Asset Purchasing. I spoke to a woman named Lisa at this company who informed me that I owe $3,952 to them for yet another credit card that was opened in 2002. There is no record of this card on my credit report and I have never received any notification regarding this debt. I am currently trying to retrieve past bank statements from the years when I was paying the cards off, and my past banks say they need my old bank account numbers, which I no longer have. I do not know how to proceed with disproving this matter since I do not have bank records from 2002. All I know is that IF this was really my card, then I know I paid it off. How can I prove this? And how do I know that this isn�t just another scam?
