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Under Ohio law, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the basis of that person’s race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry. Ohio’s employment discrimination statutes generally only...
Our employment discrimination attorneys are often faced with employers that believe that their worst exposure for age discrimination cases is the back wages and then only the back wages for the reasonable amount of time. Wrong. First, under the Age Discrimination...
No matter how many times that our employment attorneys, warn clients about the dangers of social media, there are always some that just don’t get it. Our most recent example comes by way of Lineberry v. Richards, in which Carol Lineberry was a registered nurse at...
As an employment law attorney, I run into this question quite often, and the short answer is “yes.” Like all short answers, however, there are a number of variables which can alter this preliminary response. For instance, a number of class action lawsuits...
When a new client retains us to handle their case, one of the first things the attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firmadvise the client is not to post about his or her case on social media websites. A recent case provides a good reminder of precisely why we...
We posts blogs about recent developments in the law and to answer questions that our employment discrimination lawyers are asked about employee rights. Very infrequently do we post blogs on complaints that are filed or accusations that are made – mostly because...
One of the attorneys at the Spitz Law Firm was recently confronted with an interesting question: does an employee belonging to a union need to first file a formal grievance for his or her employer’s violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) before bringing a...
In March 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Kasten v. St. Gobain that both oral and written complaints receive retaliation protection under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Supreme Court held: The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Act) sets...
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...
Have you ever needed to take medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act? Ever had an employer who was not very helpful in making sure that all the proper paperwork was completed for your FMLA leave? Do yourself a favor and learn how to protect yourself in order...