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As employment law attorneys, we regularly are encounter situations in which employees believe that they were not treated equally, in respect to their fellow coworkers. What few people employees realize, however, is that the complained about treatment must be applied...
This question was recently posed to our employment discrimination lawyers. The answer is yes. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for a labor organization to “discriminate against” or “fail or refuse to refer for employment any individual, in...
Let’s start off acknowledging something. I’m sure that many readers, whether employers or even employees, still think that that deaf people cannot ever safely be lifeguard. Before we get to the legal analysis part of this blog, consider this: “The world record for...
One of the questions the attorneys at the Spitz Law Firm are frequently asked is what accommodations must an employer make for a disabled employee? The answer – not surprisingly – depends on the employee’s disability, as well as the particular facts and circumstances...
As employment law attorneys, one of the situations we see a lot is that in which an employer is making offhand, isolated, and alleged discriminatory comments to an employee in the workplace. Often times, a potential new client comes to us and asks whether this...
Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm handles a lot of lawsuits against employers who discriminate, harass, or retaliate against employees. But can an employer also file a lawsuit against one of its former employees? The answer, perhaps not surprisingly, is yes. One of the...
Like many other employment law attorneys, we have been anxiously awaiting Federal Judge Christina Snyder’s ruling on whether Walmart can be added as a defendant in the case of Everardo Carrillo, et al. v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., et al., which is currently pending...
In most of the cases our firm’s employment attorneys handle, the issue of pretext plays a central role. Employees and regular people don’t use the word pretext. It is one of those legal jargon words. What does pretext mean? First, in plain English: “My boss lied...
Under Ohio Revised Code § 4112.02, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, it is illegal for employer to discriminate against an employee because of the employee’s national origin or ethnic background. But, does it protect...
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Ohio) recently came down with an interesting decision highlighting a fine-line between a lawful and unlawful termination of an employee complaining of disability discrimination for failure to provide a reasonable accommodation. In...