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Discrimination against LGBTQ+ people is far too common, especially these days. It seems like you cannot turn on the news without seeing a story about discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. If it is not a story about LGBTQ+...
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...
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...
So, you’ve taken your employment case – be it wrongful termination, race discrimination or sexual harassment – to trial and got a jury verdict. Now what? Our employment discrimination lawyers have blogged a lot about what it takes to get a case to a jury and shared...
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...
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...
Today, we look at the recent United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit race discrimination case, Hudson v. Lincare, Inc., No. 22-50149, 2023 WL 240929, at *1 (5th Cir. Jan. 18, 2023). The plaintiff-employee in this case, Brittany Hudson, is a Black female...
How do I prove a race discrimination case against my employer? A claim for race discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 can be established in two different ways, either through direct or indirect evidence. Race discrimination can be proved by...
What laws require employers to accommodate disabled employees? The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with a disability or serious medical condition that will all the employee to perform the...
As always when dealing with employment laws, the answer is maybe. It depends on the facts regarding the travel in question. This answer may be less than satisfying, but we can start with the presumption that under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Ohio Minimum...