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Employment Lawyer: Do Not Post On Facebook About Your Employer.

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Dec 12, 2013 | Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Equal Pay Act Claims, Family Medical Leave Claims, Gender Discrimination, Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Sales Commission Disputes, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Employment Attorney Answers: "Can I be fired for posting on Facebook?", "Can my boss monitor my Facebook page or other social media?" The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s granting of summary judgment for an...

Why It Is Always Important To Learn Your Employment Rights From An Attorney

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Nov 15, 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

Sometimes our judicial system gives us legal outcomes that just make you laugh…or cry, depending on your point of view. This case illustrates one such example. About two years ago, activists who were part of the Occupy movement at the University of California, were...

Employment Spookery: Bathroom Laws At Work

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Oct 31, 2013 | Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Claims

As a little Halloween treat, we depart from the scary acts of discriminating and harassing employers. Instead, we turn to a little movie magic potty humor with an employment bent. (Click Picture or Link to Watch Clip). In Austin Powers, when he is shoving serial...

Get An Employment Lawyer: The Law Does Not Give-Do Overs

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Oct 28, 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

We got a call from a potential client a few weeks back. Without going into the specifics of the case, there was clear discrimination that lead to a wrongful termination. As our employment discrimination lawyers do with ever potential client, we spend a lot of time...

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...

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...

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,...

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:...

Retaliation: Now That’s A Lot Of Waffles!

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Apr 30, 2013 | Military Status Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Non-Competition Disputes, Pregnancy Discrimination & Maternity Rights, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation

It starts off like any good joke, two racist pigs walk into a Waffle House… They make racist comments and harass staff based on race. The employees turn to management for help, and the manager is left with the question: What should I do? Well, here are a few choices:...

Another F’ed Up Case (The F-Word Is Facebook)

On Behalf of Brian Spitz | Mar 13, 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, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage: Minimum Wage, Wage: Overtime, Whistleblower Claims, Workers' Compensation Retaliation

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...

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