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The employment attorneys of Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm often find that employees are harassed by their employers in a multitude of ways, some illegal and others simply unfair. Indeed, some forms of harassment against employees are more bizarre and out of the...
So who among us has talked to G-d … and actually gotten a verbal response? Depending on your faith, there’s Moses, Abraham, Isaac, David, Joshua, Jacob, and some others on the list that I’m probably forgetting. However, I’m pretty certain that Peggy Scruggs, a dietary...
Our employment sexual harassment attorneys often monitor various case verdicts so that we know what cases are worth. While we know how much our cases settle for, they are mostly covered by confidentiality provisions – which prevent us from using them in these blogs....
Catering to the request of a customer is not a defense to a racial discrimination claim. A recent case out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit nicely illustrates this rule of law. In Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center, the defendant, Plainfield...
Let me start of by saying that I think highly of many employment defense attorneys. (Heck, I used to be one in a former life.) Many are honest. Many have their clients’ best interest at heart. However, the reality is that defense attorneys are slaves to the billable...
As an employment discrimination attorney, it is easy to simply say that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Ohio Unlawful Discriminatory Practice Statute, R.C. § 4112.99, prohibit religious discrimination in employment. Obviously, you can’t fire someone...
Most individuals do not need to speak with an employment attorney to know that, under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), qualifying employees can take up to twelve weeks of unpaid medical leave during a one year period to treat a serious medical condition...
According to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in order to support a claim for age discrimination, there must be a “significant” age difference between the terminated employee and his or her replacement. In Blizzard v. Marion Technical College, the plaintiff,...
Our employment lawyers are often faced with the employment discrimination and retaliation equivalent of the age old chicken and the egg debate. Specifically, a fired employee says that he or she was fired after raising complaints about unlawful race, gender, national...
One of the most recently-recognized protected classes is pregnancy. Pursuant to Ohio and federal law, it is unlawful to discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment on the basis of that person’s pregnancy. Specifically, Ohio Revised Code § 4112.02(A)...