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Although the lawsuit was only settled for $50,000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) made news this month when it brought and settled the ever lawsuit based on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA“). Signed into law on May 21, 2008...
There are many times that employees want to quit and think that they will have a legal claim against the employer when they do. But, our employment attorneys strongly recommend consulting an attorney before taking any action, especially since we offer free initial...
To prove a case of discrimination (race, gender, age, national origin, etc.) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Ohio’s R.C. § 4112.99, an employee must show an adverse employment action. The adverse action need not result in pecuniary loss, but must...
Most of the people that come to visit our employment law lawyers have been unlawfully discriminated or wrongfully terminated by their employer. What most people don’t realize is that potential employees are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...
The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) was enacted to provide employees with unpaid leave from work in order to address and/or treat serious health conditions suffered by themselves or a close family member, so it follows logically that, if you need to use FMLA...
The Ohio Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination does not include sexual orientation harassment. That’s what the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Seventh District recently held in Inskeep v. Western Reserve Transit Authority. In Inskeep, plaintiff Matthew...
One of the worst arguments that our employment lawyers hear from employer-side attorneys is as follows: “Because there is not enough evidence to support a sexually hostile work environment, all the claims go away, even the retaliation claims.” Or, something like:...
Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discriminating against pregnant women is an expressly unlawful form of gender discrimination. This should be clear by now. Yet, when Tara J. Smith, who was working...
John Woods had a traumatic brain injury, but had long been able to work as a server at Outback Steakhouse. Outback had determined that he was able to perform the central job functions and let him work. But, when a new manager took over, she fired John for not being...
The employment attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm recently met with a client who posed an interesting question: can an employer legally require an applicant for employment to perform a strength or agility test prior to hiring him or her? The answer – as the...