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Best Adverse Employment Action Attorney Answer: Most of time when someone is contacting us regarding their potential legal claims against an employer, they are doing so because they were wrongfully terminated. But what if you were not terminated, but instead were...
Yes, employers can retaliate, but that doesn’t mean it’s legal. Picture this: you file a complaint about employment discrimination or take FMLA leave to care for a loved one. You think you’re doing the right thing. But instead of a gold star for following workplace...
As employee’s rights attorneys are fond of saying, it depends. When your leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) ends but your health still prevents you from returning to work, you might qualify for additional protections under Americans with...
Yes, close timing between an employee’s protected actions—such as reporting race discrimination—and an employer’s adverse actions, like wrongful termination, can strongly support a retaliation claim. This was one of the issues at the heart of Carla Campbell-Jackson v....
Imagine this: Your boss hands you a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) or an unfavorable performance review that you believe is unfair, misleading, or just plain wrong. What do you do? Should you sign it? Refuse? Write a snarky comment in the margins? The short...
It happens from time to time. A client or a party representing themselves has what they think is a brilliant idea – “I will just write a letter to the judge or the court and explain my situation and they’ll understand.” This type of ex parte communication (talking to...
Imagine being publicly criticized by your boss in front of your colleagues over and over again. You feel singled out and humiliated, especially when threatened with termination in front of coworkers. But does this rise to the level of a legally hostile work...
Many people assume that only individuals in protected classes - such as those facing discrimination due to race/color, gender, national origin, religion, or age - can file complaints or be protected from retaliation under laws like Title VII. But as the case of...
When people think of age discrimination, they often picture corporate boardrooms where older employees are pushed out in favor of younger, “fresh” talent. But age discrimination doesn’t just happen in offices—it can happen anywhere, even in police departments. Just...
Sometimes, employers just can’t help themselves—they say the quiet part out loud. Whether it’s making inappropriate racist or sexual harassment comments or, in the case of Edwin Jones’s supervisor, outright threatening employees with retaliation, these statements...