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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes workplace harassment and discrimination based on disability unlawful. Yet, many employers still just do not get it. A few days ago, Toys R Us, settled a disability discrimination law suit based on its refusal to...
When people think of Halloween, most think about costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, and other fun traditions. Many employers celebrate the holiday with an office Halloween party. Whether they are a potluck lunch event or a full-scale catered endeavor held in the...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals who are regarded (or perceived) as having a disability. Under the ADA, an employer must provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified job applicant or...
We got a call from a potential client a few weeks back. Without going into the specifics of the case, there was clear discrimination that lead to a wrongful termination. As our employment discrimination lawyers do with ever potential client, we spend a lot of time...
As many individuals may have heard in the news, in June of this year, the American Medical Association (“AMA”) adopted a new policy officially labeling obesity as a disease. As an employment lawyer, my mind immediately drifted to how the AMA’s new label for obesity...
This blog is about the great Free Parking Debate. My 12 year old daughter came home from one of her friend’s house astonished at the indignity of the rules that her friend insisted applied to a game of Monopoly. You see, in our house, you start the game putting $200...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Ohio’s R.C. § 4112.99 makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate based on religion by taking adverse actions against the employee. Our employment discrimination attorneys also regularly have to remind employers that...
Many people assume that when we talk about religion, we are talking about a belief in a god or deity, such as in the Christian, Jewish, or Muslim faiths. However, under the law, a “religious belief” can be any moral or ethical beliefs to what is right and wrong that...
All employment attorneys are cognizant of the fact that, every once in awhile, judges in Courts at every level can make incorrect decisions. Dockets can become insurmountable and pressure from deadlines can lead to hastily made decisions. In other words, judges are...
The employment attorneys of Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm are no strangers to national origin discrimination lawsuits, but one cannot help but be slightly surprised to hear that a Caucasian female recently filed a lawsuit against her Company for discriminating...