As our employment discrimination attorneys have harped on, there are a lot of problems that can ruin a wrongful termination if you try to go through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) process on your own. Any claim filed under Title VII must first...
Today, I start a trial in a race discrimination case where the employer previously testified that it was not against the company policy for white employees, including the operations manager, to say “n*gger.” When confronted with my client’s objections to the use of...
What laws protect a woman’s right to equal pay? Women’s rights to equal pay are protected under both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”). Under both laws, employers must pay woman workers the same as their male counterparts when...
What laws require employers to accommodate disabled employees? The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with a disability or serious medical condition that will all the employee to perform the...
Today, we consider the recent United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit case, Williams v. Fed. Express Corp, No. 22-2014, 2022 WL 17580657, at *1 (3d Cir. Dec. 12, 2022). Lori Williams, an African American female, had been working at FedEx since 1995, when...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is the federal law that requires employers to pay non-exempt employees minimum wage and overtime at time and a half the regular rate. Today, our wage and hour lawyers are going to focus the antiretaliation provision of the FLSA...
For today’s employment discrimination blog, our employee’s rights lawyers look at the situation that JDKD Enterprises, L.P. found itself in recently. JDKD is a McDonald’s franchisee operating in New Jersey. It fired a grill cook who has autism spectrum disorder. The...
What is the FMLA and how do I use it? The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) is a federal law that gives eligible employees of covered employers the ability to take 12 weeks of job-protected, albeit unpaid leave for serious personal or family medical reasons. To...
What law protect employees from retaliation at work? There are several federal employment statutes protect employees from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation relating to various protected classes. Specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is not easy. In fact, with one clerical misstep, your very good claim or race discrimination or sexual harassment might be lost forever. The entire EEOC process is fraught with peril – kind of like the opening scene...
There are a lot of factors that you should consider when selecting an employee’s rights attorney to represent you in your employment discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment claims against your employer. Our employment law attorneys have discussed...
There are a lot of reasons not to delay in reporting or opposing discrimination at your workplace. Initially, if you timely report discriminating or harassing conduct, it gives your employer the opportunity to correct the problem. Moreover, timely reporting...
Today, our employment discrimination lawyers take a look at the recent case of Flowers v. United Parcel Service, Inc., No. 22-2025, 2022 WL 17258431 (10th Cir. Nov. 29, 2022). In this case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Randy Flowers...
Finding a new job can be hard. It may become impossible if your last job is badmouthing you to your potential new employers during reference checks. There are several things that you need to consider when you think that your prior employer is sabotaging you by giving...
Today, our employment discrimination lawyers look at the recent case of Hankerson v. Legacy Treatment Services Inc., No. 21-3043, 2022 WL 17091116, at *2 (3d Cir. Nov. 21, 2022) out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In the case, the...
In the recently decided case, Dominick v. Mayorkas, 52 F.4th 992 (5th Cir. 2022), Gail Dominick sued her former employer, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for race discrimination and wrongful termination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She...