Employment Discrimination

Do Employers Violate ADA By Delaying Accommodation Process? What Disabled Workers Need To Know

Employers don’t get to drag their heels when it comes to the rights of disabled employees. Delay, red tape, and endless demands for documentation can all add up to a failure to accommodate and disability discrimination lawsuit Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)....

What Is The Line Between Offensive and Unlawful LGBTQ+ Treatment at Work?

There’s a difference between behavior that’s offensive and conduct that’s actually unlawful. Just because something is rude, ignorant, or cruel doesn’t mean it crosses the legal line into unlawful discrimination. That distinction matters, especially in LGBTQ+...

Concerned professional reviewing paperwork after being terminated

Can My Job Skip Progressive Discipline To Fire Me During Probationary Period?

Can your employer fire you during your probationary period without any warnings or progressive discipline? That depends. At-will employees (employees without contracts) can always be fired for any reason, no reason, or a dumb reason even during probationary periods –...

Employee standing up against workplace harassment and forced arbitration.

Can I Sue If I Signed An Arbitration Agreement But Was Sexually Harassed At Work?

When Kassandra Memmer went to work for United Wholesale Mortgage (“UWM”) in 2019, she had no idea what was ahead. While employed as a mortgage underwriter, and according to her employment discrimination lawsuit, Memmer faced sexual harassment from a coworker, gender...

HR employee holding sexual harassment complaints while office doors close around them.

HR Professionals Can Sue For Retaliation—And Muldrow Makes It Easier To Win

It might sound like something out of a twisted corporate playbook, but it happens more often than you’d think: an HR professional receives complaints about sexual harassment or race/color, gender, national origin, age, or sexual orientation discrimination; reports...

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Can I Still Sue If I Missed the EEOC Right-to-Sue Email?

When employees face employment discrimination, sexual harassment, or wrongful termination, the law gives them the right to fight back. But before they can file a discrimination or wrongful firing lawsuit, there is an important first step: they must first go through...

Upset employee being bullied at work.

Can You Sue If Coworkers Treat You Terribly But Not Because of Race?

“[A]nti-discrimination law does not make defendants liable for doing stupid or even wicked things; it makes them liable for discriminating.” Lizardo v. Denny’s, Inc., 270 F.3d 94, 104 (2d Cir. 2001). This powerful truth sets the stage for understanding a tough reality...