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Can My Boss Be Fired For Lying About Me?

by | Sep 8, 2022 | 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

Can I get my manager fired for lying about discriminating against me? Employment Discrimination Attorney Answer: Yes. Unfortunately, there are lots of bad bosses out there. Some bosses bully their employees and even engage in discrimination. Here at Spitz, The...

Does Standby Time Count For Overtime Pay Calculations?

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Wage: Overtime

Employees not being paid for all the hours they worked and not being paid overtime properly is a common issue our wage and hour attorneys examine here at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm. Wage Theft is a substantial issue facing employees in the modern workplace, with...

Can I Get Punitive Damages For Wrongful Termination?

by | Sep 1, 2022 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, 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, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Wage: Tipped Employees, Wrongful Termination

In the past, our employment attorneys have addressed the issue of damages and how we calculate them arising out of wrongful termination and other forms of employment discrimination. (Best Law Read: What Kind of Damages Can You Get for Wrongful Termination and...

Can I Be Fired For Bad Attendance After Reporting Discrimination Or Harassment?

by | Aug 30, 2022 | 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, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination

As our employment attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm have discussed previously, retaliation claims are considerably easier to prove than race/color, religion, gender (including pregnancy and LGBTQ+ status), national origin, and disability discrimination...

Can My Employer Fire Me For Wearing Black Lives Matter Gear?

by | Aug 29, 2022 | Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

In recent years, there has been a surge in the support of movements that seek to highlight and oppose racism and various forms of race discrimination. One such movement is Black Lives Matter (“BLM”). The vast majority of BLM supporters promote the cause by wearing...

Interactive Process: It Takes Two To Tango

On Behalf of Spitz, The Employee's Law Firm | Aug 26, 2022 | Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

In the working world, everyone functions in a different way. When these functions are affected by a disability, whether it be physical or mental, sometimes employees need a little help from their employers to ensure they can perform the essential job functions of...

What Can I Do About Pay Discrimination At My Job?

by | Aug 25, 2022 | 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

It is unlawful to pay employees less to do the same job simply based on the employees’ race/color, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy and LGBTQ+ status), or national origin. Often times, our team of attorneys hear from employees reporting that “I’m Black and...

Are Your Tips Drowning In An Illegal Pool?

by | Aug 24, 2022 | Employment Law, Federal Law Update, Wage: Tipped Employees

What is a tip pool? Best Wage and Hour Lawyer Answer: An employer creates a “tip pool” when they combine some or all of the tips given by customers to tipped-wage employees like servers or bartenders, and then redistribute this money by some set percentage to those...

Employment Law: What Is The Honest Belief Rule?

by Taurean Shattuck | Aug 23, 2022 | 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

Our employment attorneys frequently blog about how employees prove race/color, religion, gender/sex, LGBTQ+ status, national origin, and disability discrimination claims against their employers. (Best Law Read: How Do You Win A Wrongful Termination Claim?; How Do You...

The EEOC Will Not Help You Properly Fill Out The Charging Form

by Taurean Shattuck | Aug 22, 2022 | 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, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination

Recently, our employee’s rights lawyers have blogged about various reasons why you shouldn’t file charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alone. (Best Law Read: Don’t File With The EEOC On Your Own; It’s Bad To File With The EEOC Without A...

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