Wrongful Termination

Can We Handle Our Employment Lawsuit Without A Lawyer?

When Going Pro Se Together Just Means Losing With Company  We have preached before about the dangers of an employee handling an employment discrimination or wrongful termination case by going it alone. Apparently, two employees thought they found a loophole to avoid...

Can A Black Employee Be Fired When A White Employee Gets A Second Chance?

Why Breaking A Workplace Rule Does Not Defeat Race Discrimination  Here is a bad fact for an employee asserting a claim of race discrimination: your employer had a rule, you broke it, and the rule allowed you to be fired.  Is your wrongful termination over?  Not when...

Can My Employer Dig Into My Life After I Sue?

Why Discovery Can Feel Invasive But Still Be Required  Sue your employer for race/color discrimination, sexual harassment, or age discrimination, and something deeply annoying happens: the employer gets to investigate you. Documents. Written questions. Witnesses. A...

Can I Sue A Company Under Title VII If I Never Worked There?

Why Employment Relationships Matter In Discrimination Cases Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an employment discrimination law. The word employment is doing some serious work in that sentence. If you sue a defendant for Title VII discrimination, you...

Can My Employer Change Its Reason For Firing Me Later?

How Changing Explanations Prove Workplace Discrimination And Retaliation Our wrongful termination attorneys see it all the time. The boss or manager tells an employee they are fired for one reason. Then the employer puts that reason in writing, and suddenly the...

Wrongfully Fired Because Of A Medical Condition?

How Employees Can Prove Disability Discrimination And FMLA Retaliation  When an employer gets sued for employment discrimination, wrongful termination, or retaliation, they all seem to know the same song: “performance.” They play it loudly. They play it repeatedly....