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What Are Examples Of Unlawful Retaliation At Work?

by Brian Spitz | Jun 27, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Can the company that I work for retaliate against me for reporting discrimination or harassment at work? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: Recently, our employment discrimination lawyers blogged about retaliation claims. (Best Law Read: Why Retaliation Is The Easiest...

You Don’t Need All Evidence To Start A Discrimination Case

by Brian Spitz | Jun 22, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Equal Pay Act Claims, Family Medical Leave Claims, Firm News, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

What evidence do I need to sue my employer for discrimination? Best Employment Discrimination Lawyer Answer: One of the big issues at an employment discrimination trial is to show that the employee was treated differently that similarly situated employees of a...

Can My Job Discriminate Against Me Because Of My Spouse’s Disability?

by Taurean Shattuck | Jun 21, 2022 | Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

On June 6, 2022, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, which is in the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion in Brown v. Green County, No. 20-CV-1100-SLC, 2022 WL 1978734 (W.D.Wisc. June 6, 2022) involving a case where an employee alleged...

Planes, Trains And Automobiles: What Workers Are Exempt From Federal Arbitration Act?

Published By Brian Spitz | Jun 15, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Equal Pay Act Claims, Family Medical Leave Claims, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Wage: Tipped Employees, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Readers of this blog will know that attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm have their concerns with the Federal Arbitration Act, or the “FAA” for short. (See Step 1: House Passes Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act; US Supreme...

Firing Employee On FMLA Following Miscarriage Is Evil

by Brian Spitz | Jun 6, 2022 | Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Family Medical Leave Claims, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Today our employee’s rights attorneys look at the case recently decided by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Robinson v. Rainbow Beach QOC, LLC, No. 21 C 5548, 2022 WL 1803376, at *1 (N.D. Ill. June 2, 2022). According to the...

What Is An FMLA Interference Claim?

by Brian Spitz | Jun 2, 2022 | Employment Law, Family Medical Leave Claims, Federal Law Update

The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) provides qualified employees with the right to take 12 weeks, either all at once or intermittently, of job-protected leave from work due to a personal or family medical need, or due to the birth or adoption of a child. (Best...

Why Retaliation Is The Easiest Employment Claim

by Brian Spitz | Jun 1, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Wage: Tipped Employees, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

What is the easiest employment claim to prove? Best Employment Law Attorney Answer: Do you know what the easiest employment claim to prove is? Retaliation. There are a lot of elements that need evidence to prove race/color, religion, gender, national origin, age, and...

How Many Claims Can I Sue My Employer For At One Time? A Lot

by Brian Spitz | May 26, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Equal Pay Act Claims, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Wrongful Termination

Let’s start with the basic premise most discriminatory employers don’t just discriminate once. Discrimination typically comes from an employer’s belief structure that nothing it does is ever wrong or that it simply will not get caught. This usually results in an...

US Supreme Further Limits Employer’s Arbitration Rights

by Brian Spitz | May 24, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Equal Pay Act Claims, Family Medical Leave Claims, Federal Law Update, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Wage: Tipped Employees, Wrongful Termination

In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, 2022 WL 1611788, at *1 (U.S. May 23, 2022), the United States Supreme Court just dealt another blow to employers’ use of arbitration agreements. As regular readers of our blog know, our employee’s rights attorneys hate...

Paying A Lot To Defend A Wrongful Termination Claim Does Not Mean You’ll Win

by Brian Spitz | May 12, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Equal Pay Act Claims, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Recently, our employment lawyers addressed the cost for employers to defend employee’s lawsuits and cited to an insurance study, respected defense attorney John Hyman, and cases where fees were awarded. (Best Law Read: What Is The Cost To Defend An Employment...

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