Yesterday, I blogged about the victory that Fred Bean, the partner in charge of Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm’s Cleveland office before the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Anderson v. Accuscripts Pharmacy, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-1663 (8th Dist.), which overturned the...
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Is Epilepsy A Protected Disability At Work?
Recently, in Anderson v. Accuscripts Pharmacy, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-1663 (8th Dist.), attorney Fred Bean, the partner in charge of Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm’s Cleveland office, had the opportunity to address whether epilepsy is a disability under Ohio’s...
You Can’t Say Gay, But Your Boss Can Say F*gg*t
As an employment discrimination lawyer, particularly one that has been strongly pushing for equality and protection of our LGBTQ+ community in the workplace, I’m always following and blogging about these issues. (Best Law Read: Can Employers Block Transgender Use Of...
Our Prayers To Buffalo Victims And For The End Of Racism
There is nothing good about racism and race discrimination, just varying levels of terrible. This past weekend, we saw the worst when a white, 18-year-old racist walked into a Tops grocery store and shot 13 people, 10 of whom died. The gunman, Payton Gendron, was...
Read This Before Filing An EEOC Charge
Should I get an attorney to help me file a charge with the EEOC? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: Absolutely, yes. Before filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) you should definitely first discuss your particular work...
Just A Little Break From Being Overly Serious
Every day, our employment lawyers use our blog to educate about various discrimination and harassment issues in the workplace. Today, I want to share with you a Saturday Night Live skit from this past weekend that had HR representatives educating workers on sexual...
Step 3: President Biden Signs The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act Into Law
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act is now law. At its core, this law prevents employers from blocking victims of sexual harassment in the workplace from taking their case (or any related case) to court. No longer will these...
Spitz Recognized In Newsweek As A Top Seven Superstar Law Firm
Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm, is proud to announce its inclusion once again in Newsweek’s Legal Super Stars of 2022. This year, Newsweek included only seven law firms to feature throughout the entire United States as Legal Super Stars. Of those seven, Spitz was the...
Honor Dr. King By Continuing The Fight Against Racism Everywhere
Michael Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 (Keep reading and learn something new if your think that is a typo). And, while the world celebrates MLK day, most do not know that he was born with a different name nor why it was changed. Five years after his...
What Is FMLA Interference?
Best Employment Attorney Answers: Does my job have to inform me about my FMLA rights? How long does my employer have to respond to my FMLA leave request? How do I know what medical documentation that my employer needs to process my FMLA leave request? There are...