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What is the FMLA and how do I use it? The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) is a federal law that gives eligible employees of covered employers the ability to take 12 weeks of job-protected, albeit unpaid leave for serious personal or family medical reasons. To...
Are there any laws that prevent my company from forcing me to work on Christmas? No, there are no federal laws that specifically preclude employers from scheduling employees to work on Christmas or Christmas Eve. Likewise, with the exception of Massachusetts and Rhode...
Today, we consider the recently decided alleged race discrimination and wrongful termination case United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Blount v. Stanley Eng’g Fastening, No. 22-5356, 2022 WL 17688036 (6th Cir. Dec. 15, 2022). In this case, the...
Today, our employment discrimination lawyers take a look at Lorenzo v. Austin, No. 21-56381, 2022 WL 16707188 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2022), a recent case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In this case, the plaintiff-employee, Virgil Lorenzo,...
What law protect employees from retaliation at work? There are several federal employment statutes protect employees from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation relating to various protected classes. Specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
Lawyers often have a way of overcomplicating explanations of the law. In Estevez v. Berkeley Coll., No. 21-1988, 2022 WL 16843460 (2d Cir. Nov. 10, 2022), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the...
In another example of an employee being fired for bad conduct but trying to save his job by asserting employment discrimination, our employees’ rights lawyers look at the recent case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Thompson v. Univ. of...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is not easy. In fact, with one clerical misstep, your very good claim or race discrimination or sexual harassment might be lost forever. The entire EEOC process is fraught with peril – kind of like the opening scene...
There are a lot of factors that you should consider when selecting an employee’s rights attorney to represent you in your employment discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment claims against your employer. Our employment law attorneys have discussed...
There are a lot of reasons not to delay in reporting or opposing discrimination at your workplace. Initially, if you timely report discriminating or harassing conduct, it gives your employer the opportunity to correct the problem. Moreover, timely reporting...