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Sexual Harassment: Egg On Employer’s Face

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Jun 11, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment

Although this conduct occurred on an egg farm, this is not a story about chickens. It is a story about pigs. National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and Midwestern United States and East Asia. It owned several isolated egg farms...

Ohio Law Protects Employees Against Negative Job References

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Jun 7, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation

To help sort out the well-qualified job applicants from the not-so well-qualified applicants, many employers now require applicants to submit a list of employment references with their application materials. As the employment attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law...

Sexual Harassment In Church

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Jun 3, 2013 | Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

There used to be a time when the thought of sexual misconduct in a church setting would be absurd, ludicrous even. Unfortunately, we as a society have moved past not even being surprised at such allegations, but almost come to expect that a church might have hidden...

Here Is Why It Is Critical To Call An Employment Attorney Before Quitting

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 30, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Non-Competition Disputes, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation

There are many times that employees want to quit and think that they will have a legal claim against the employer when they do. But, our employment attorneys strongly recommend consulting an attorney before taking any action, especially since we offer free initial...

Sexual Harassment: Men Are Protected Too?

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 29, 2013 | Sexual Harassment

A question was recently posed to one of our employment discrimination attorneys: Can men be sexually harassed? The answer is a definite yes. In fact, men can be sexually harassed by other men. The seminal case on point is the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in Hampel v....

Sexual Harassment: A Few Good Examples

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 27, 2013 | Sexual Harassment

Former Dallas Fire-Rescue executive Leanne Siri sued the city for sexual harassment, discrimination and a hostile work environment in 2009. Siri alleged males employees, including supervisors, emailed her lewd photos and regularly referred to themselves as “pimps.”...

Employment Discrimination: Refusal to Hire

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 23, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Non-Competition Disputes, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Claims

Most of the people that come to visit our employment law lawyers have been unlawfully discriminated or wrongfully terminated by their employer. What most people don’t realize is that potential employees are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...

Ohio’s Anti-Discrimination Statute Does Not Include Sexual Orientation

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 21, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

The Ohio Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination does not include sexual orientation harassment. That’s what the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Seventh District recently held in Inskeep v. Western Reserve Transit Authority. In Inskeep, plaintiff Matthew...

Retaliation Claims: Surviving When Then Underlying Claim Fails

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 20, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, LGBTQ Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation

One of the worst arguments that our employment lawyers hear from employer-side attorneys is as follows: “Because there is not enough evidence to support a sexually hostile work environment, all the claims go away, even the retaliation claims.” Or, something like:...

Sexual Harassment: An Example Of Settlement Value

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | May 2, 2013 | Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment

According to salary.com, the median salary for a school bus driver is $31,604. So how much is a sexual harassment case that leads to the termination of a female bus driver worth? Many defense attorneys will argue for the couple months’ salary that she was off of...

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