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In Bashaw v. Majestic Care of Whitehall, LLC, 2025 WL 700169 (6th Cir. Mar. 5, 2025), Kirstyn Bashaw, a Director of Social Services at Majestic Care, alleged she was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for being a whistleblower and reporting patient-care concerns and...
When brave employees stand up against employment, harassment, or retaliation, they often expect the employer to deny the claims. But increasingly, we’re seeing a disturbing trend: employers filing defamation counterclaims designed not to win, but to punish the...
What does “employment at-will” mean? “Employment at-will” is a term used to describe a type of employment relationship where either the employer or the employee can terminate the working relationship at any time, for any reason, and without prior notice. In this...
As my good friend, Kenny Rodgers, once said, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away, know when to run.” There comes a time in most every case when a plaintiff-employee can claim the win by settling the case. The trick is to...
Sometimes, no matter what you do; no matter what evidence you present; no matter what the law says – a judge is going to do whatever the judge wants to do. A good example of this proposition is found in the case of Edge v. TLW Energy Services, L.L.C., No. 22-50288,...
Why is the difference between being an employee or an independent contractor important under the FLSA? The distinction between being an employee and an independent contractor is important under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) because the protections and benefits...
The recent case of Bradley v. Dhybrid Systems, LLC, No. 21-4047, 2023 WL 1978683, at *1 (10th Cir. Feb. 14, 2023) provides a cautionary tale to both employers and employees regarding how to properly handle employment law claims and what can happen if you play games....
Today, our employment discrimination lawyers review another example of an employee being fired for bad conduct but trying to save her job by asserting employment discrimination. In this case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,...
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...
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...