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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...
Many employees choose to file complaints of harassment and/or discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) after being subjected to illegal employment practices in the workplace. More often than not, and EEOC investigation results in the...
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...
Upon termination on an employment relationship, many employees are presented with an opportunity to receive severance packages from their former employers. As employment attorneys, we regularly encounter severance agreements in which the terminated employee has...