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New Clarification on 90-Day Statutes of Limitations Contained in EEOC Right to Sue Letters

Many employees choose to file complaints of harassment and/or discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) after being subjected to illegal employment practices in the workplace.  More often than not, and EEOC investigation results in the...

Federal Judge Rules that Walmart Can be Added as a Defendant in Massive Wage Theft Lawsuit Against California Warehouses

Like many other employment law attorneys, we have been anxiously awaiting Federal Judge Christina Snyder’s ruling on whether Walmart can be added as a defendant in the case of Everardo Carrillo, et al. v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., et al., which is currently pending...

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...

Fine-Line Distinctions in Disability Discrimination Law – The Adams v. Valega’s Professional Home Cleaning Employment Law Case

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Ohio) recently came down with an interesting decision highlighting a fine-line between a lawful and unlawful termination of an employee complaining of disability discrimination for failure to provide a reasonable accommodation. In...

New Clarification on 90-Day Statutes of Limitations Contained in EEOC Right to Sue Letters

 Many employees choose to file complaints of harassment and/or discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) after being subjected to illegal employment practices in the workplace.  More often than not, and EEOC investigation results in the...

Employment Discrimination & Wrongful Termination: A Fixed Moment In Time.

Let’s start our scenario with the fact that the employee has been fired – it does not matter if it is based on race discrimination, gender discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious discrimination, disability discrimination, or retaliation for taking...