Gender Discrimination

Can I Still Win If I Start My Own Business After Being Wrongfully Fired?

Can you explain what mitigation of damages means in a wrongful termination case? Best Employment Attorney Answer: Our wrongful termination lawyers recently addressed that an unlawfully fired employee’s right to back pay and front pay may be reduced or wholly...

Wrongful Termination Claim: Why Looking For A New Job Is So Important

What does the failure to mitigate mean? Top Employment Law Attorney Answer: The failure to mitigate damages occurs when an employee fails to seek reasonable ways to limit or reduce damages, including exercising reasonable diligence in seeking other suitable...

Can I Get Front Pay After Being Wrongfully Fired?

Hiring the most experienced and qualified employment law attorneys is not only about giving yourself the best chance to win your claim, but also about getting the most money when you win as possible under the law. Our attorneys have blogged recently about damages that...

How Is Back Pay Calculated In Wrongful Termination Cases?

Recently, our employment attorneys addressed the types of compensatory and punitive damages that wrongfully fired employees have available to them. (Best Law Read: What Kind Of Damages Can You Get For Wrongful Termination And Discrimination?; What Damages Can I Get...

What Is Pay Discrimination?

Recently, Oxfam America, which is a confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations, released a studying that showed that while 32 percent of workers in the United States earn less than $15 per hour, that number is even worse for Black workers.  Specifically,...

Are Staffing Agencies Liable For Job Discrimination?

Today’s example of overt discrimination is sponsored by Diverse Lynx, LLC, a Princeton, New Jersey-based IT staffing firm. In this case, Kadambi Vijaisimh posted his résumé to Diverse Lynx’s website in response to a posting for an information technology project...

Yes, Straight Bosses Are Liable For Sex Harassing Lesbians

Frequent readers of our blog know the efforts our employment lawyers go to stop all sex harassment in the workplace. (Best Law Read: My Conversation With President Biden About Ending Sexual Harassment). Despite all our work on this front, it never ceases to amaze me...

Are Employers Liable For Harassment By Customers?

What laws protect me from a hostile work environment? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), and state law (such as Ohio’s Revised Code §...

What Is The Cost To Defend An Employment Lawsuit?

It is very rare that defense attorneys share their total fees and costs publicly. Indeed, you will not likely find many defense attorneys promoting the total cost of defense, which is likely because a quicker settlement is typically cheaper, less intrusive into...

What Qualifies A Hostile Work Environment Under Title VII?

Today, we address an example of race discrimination that is so horrible, but is representative of the conduct of many employers subject employees to every day. What is a hostile work environment? Best Employment Discrimination Lawyer Answer: Under Title VII of the...