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1 Answer | Asked in Employment Discrimination and Employment Law for Florida on
Q: Can an employer just spring on their employees "all calls wil be recorded and data extracted with AI to improve metric

I work for an online university, ben here 6.5 year now the admin coming up with AI "data extraction" but not telling us who extracts data, where does it end up, who analyzes the data to improve outcomes. I work with students across the USA and approx 25 % of all calls are documented as:... Read more »

Maurice Mandel II
Maurice Mandel II answered on Sep 22, 2021

Yes. While you are working and using the employer's phone system or receiving the calls, the conversation is not private or confidential as against the employer because at the time you are the employer- you are not taking the call as an individual. The warning about possible recording is to... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Real Estate Law for Georgia on
Q: I own a property jointly with my brother. He is refusing to pay half the property taxes. What do I do?
Anthony M. Avery
Anthony M. Avery answered on Sep 22, 2021

You might consider an action for a Sale For Partition.

1 Answer | Asked in Employment Law for Arkansas on
Q: I have an enhanced CHCL, Employer is a city, threatened to fire me if i have my firearm in a locked safe out if view

City of North Little Rock AR.

Maurice Mandel II
Maurice Mandel II answered on Sep 22, 2021

Under Arkansas statutes §5-73-306. Prohibited places. (7) you are prohibited from carrying the firearm anywhere a government body meets. Your "enhanced" permit allows carry in places previously prohibited, however, Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-306(18) allows the property owners/controllers to... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Probate for Tennessee on
Q: I am the Administrator for my son’s estate. He signed a note to his former employer. Can I dispute?

Can I make them provide receipts for charges? Also, he had some vending machines at their business with a partner. They are claiming after 15.years that he doesn’t own them and are keeping his proceeds and still sending the partner theirs. Is this legal?

Anthony M. Avery
Anthony M. Avery answered on Sep 22, 2021

The creditor has the burden of proof for a debt. And as the Administrator you have standing to sue for breach of contract, which is going to be hard to prove, and you have the burden of proof. You will have to have a competent TN attorney and time may be working against you. You will have to... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Employment Law for Mississippi on
Q: Is it legal for my work to make us come in at 12 am and work us until 5 pm and then make us come right back in at 12 Am

Moreover I’m asking if it’s legal or not for them to work us around 17 hours and not allow us to get 8 hours of sleep in between shifts especially since I live a hour away from the workplace

Maurice Mandel II
Maurice Mandel II answered on Sep 22, 2021

There is no Federal Law limiting the hours you are working . Certain states do have an 8 hour limit on the day unless extra hours are paid overtime premium pay. As long as you are receiving whatever overtime premium pay is required in your locale, you may be required to work this schedule, under... Read more »

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