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How Do I Prove Pretext For My Wrongful Termination?

At Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm, our attorneys constantly hear questions from potential clients asking how they could have been fired when they have received only excellent performance reviews and have no history of discipline at their jobs. Today, we are going to...

Employment Discrimination Question: What Is Pretext?

In most of the cases our firm’s employment attorneys handle, the issue of pretext plays a central role.  Employees and regular people don’t use the word pretext.  It is one of those legal jargon words.  What does pretext mean?  First, in plain English: “My boss lied...

Yes, You Can Be Fired For Serious Safety Violations

Today, our employment discrimination lawyers delve further into the concept of pretext – which is the employee’s burden to show that the employer’s stated reason for termination is false or did not really motivate the employer’s decision. We do so by looking at the...

Title VII Doesn’t Protect Against All Retaliation

In the legal arena, where reality often rivals fiction in its twists and turns, the case of Collins v. Kansas City Missouri Pub. Sch. Dist. serves as a reminder that employment discrimination law isn’t always black and white. Meet Albert Collins, a dedicated employee...

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