Whistleblower Claims

Can My Potential Employer Use My Credit Score As A Basis For Denying Me A Job?

  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...

Don’t Post About the Case on Social Media!

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...

Employment Discrimination Question: What Is Pretext?

In most of the cases our firm’s employment attorneys handle, the issue of pretext plays a central role.  Employees and regular people don’t use the word pretext.  It is one of those legal jargon words.  What does pretext mean?  First, in plain English: “My boss lied...