LGBTQ Discrimination

Dr. Zane Hurkin was hired at the age of 81, and then fired 8 days later. Dr.Hurkin’s employment discrimination lawsuit avers that his supervisor asked him a number of age-related questions during the job interview in January 2010 including, “Why do you want to work at...

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...

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...