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Can You Sue For Not Getting Hired?

by Brian Spitz | Mar 3, 2023 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Failure to hire cases can be very difficult, but not impossible. Today, we look at the recent case of Connors v. Merit Energy Co., LLC, No. 22-2080, 2023 WL 2003622, (8th Cir. Feb. 15, 2023). In this case, Kimberly L. Connors worked as a lease operator by XTO Energy,...

Yes, You Can Be Fired For Leaving Keys In An Unattended School Bus Without Doing A Kid Check

by Brian Spitz | Feb 27, 2023 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

Torrey Terrial Townsend was employed by First Student as a bus driver. After Townsend was fired for leaving keys in an unattended school bus, First Student fired him. Townsend, who is Black, sued her former employer for race discrimination and wrongful termination...

Yes, You Can Be Fired for Abrasive Behavior Even If You’re Pregnant

by Samuel Long | Feb 24, 2023 | Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Whistleblower Claims, Wrongful Termination

Today, our employment discrimination lawyers review another example of an employee being fired for bad conduct but trying to save her job by asserting employment discrimination. In this case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,...

Yes, Police Officers Can Be Fired For Punching Civilians And Lying About It

by Brian Spitz | Feb 21, 2023 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

Meet Henry Diaz, a former police officer for the City of Somerville in Massachusetts. In the early morning hours of June 30, 2017, Diaz, who was off-duty at the time, was driving through East Boston. When a pedestrian stepped in front of his car, he stopped, got out...

Is Firing Wrongful Based On Potential Symptoms Of Undiagnosed Condition?

by Brian Spitz | Feb 16, 2023 | Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Family Medical Leave Claims, Federal Law Update, Wrongful Termination

Haley Hrdlicka was employed by General Motors for over 30 years. For the vast majority of that time, she worked in GM’s Sculpting Department. In 1998, GM provided her an eight-month leave of absence after the birth of her first child; and then in 2001, Hrdlicka was...

Can I Sue For Wrongful Termination If My Doctor Says I Can No Longer Work?

by Brian Spitz | Feb 9, 2023 | Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Wrongful Termination

Let’s look at the recent case Hightower v. Keystone Automotive Indus., No. 5:21-CV-1792, 2023 WL 1412917 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 31, 2023) out of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Although our employment law blogs typically focus on United...

How Long Do I Have To Bring A Discrimination Case Under Title VII?

by Brian Spitz | Feb 7, 2023 | Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination

As our employment lawyers have regularly preached in our blogs, do not wait to bring your potential discrimination claims. This point was recently highlighted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Brannon v. Secretary, Department Of...

Can A Job Reject Me Because I Was Charged But Not Convicted Of A Crime?

by Brian Spitz | Feb 2, 2023 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination

In Okwo v. Houston Methodist the Woodlands, No. 22-20457, 2023 WL 1256576, at *1 (5th Cir. Jan. 31, 2023), Ogochukwo J. Okwo was offered employment by Houston Methodist. However, the job offer was made conditional on the “successful completion of a criminal and...

Can My Wrongful Termination Case Be Dismissed Before It Gets To A Jury?

by Brian Spitz | Feb 1, 2023 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

Our employment law attorneys blog a lot about the substantive law that protects employees from being wrongfully fired or otherwise discriminated against based on race/color, national origin, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, gender...

How Do I Write A Good EEOC Complaint? Get Help

by Brian Spitz | Jan 24, 2023 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

As our employment discrimination attorneys have harped on, there are a lot of problems that can ruin a wrongful termination if you try to go through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) process on your own. Any claim filed under Title VII must first...

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