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Getting caught lying to your employer is never a good idea. It is the workplace version of lighting a match in a fireworks factory—you are not going to like the outcome. Whether it is calling off sick to go to a ballgame (and then showing up on TV), posting beach...
Short answer: yes, and sometimes legally. This is especially true if you do not properly document your disability and ask for a workplace accommodation. Just because an employee has a disability does not mean they are protected from being fired. Not all firing of...
If employment discrimination laws were a game, they would be Sudden Death. One wrong move—one missed deadline, one skipped deposition, or one badly written complaint—and your entire claim could vanish for good. Just ask LaChelle Bowers, whose entire race/color...
Absolutely not. Employers often try to avoid paying overtime by slapping the word “salary” on an employee’s paycheck, but this tactic does not magically erase wage and hour rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In the recent case Keefe v. Britt’s Bow Wow...
Yes, you can be fired—but only if wearing that gear is truly essential to the job and no reasonable accommodation is possible. That’s the hard lesson learned in Stevens v. City of Oneonta, No. 24-2334, 2025 WL 1466186 (2d Cir. May 22, 2025), where the United States...
Retaliation is one of the most common concerns that employees have after reporting employment or harassment. Fortunately, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal for an employer to punish an employee for speaking up about race/color, gender...
It doesn’t matter how strong your facts are—if you can’t present them properly, they won’t make a difference. In employment law, your complaint is your voice. And when that voice is silenced by sloppy or unclear legal drafting, even the most outrageous employment...
Can Your Employer Fire You If A Medical Emergency Keeps You From Calling Off Work? The short answer: not if the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) applies and you're too incapacitated to give notice. There are emergency medical circumstances that prevent employees...
Employers don’t get to drag their heels when it comes to the rights of disabled employees. Delay, red tape, and endless demands for documentation can all add up to a failure to accommodate and disability discrimination lawsuit Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)....
There’s a difference between behavior that’s offensive and conduct that’s actually unlawful. Just because something is rude, ignorant, or cruel doesn’t mean it crosses the legal line into unlawful discrimination. That distinction matters, especially in LGBTQ+...