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Can I Be Fired Even If I Did Some Things Right? Yes, your employer can legally fire you for performance issues—even if you had some successes along the way. That is exactly what happened in Uttarwar v. Lazard Asset Management LLC, 2025 WL 704278 (2d Cir. 2025), where...
Recently, in Valerio v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2025 WL 686028 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025), Kissairis Valerio, a Black and Hispanic female officer, was fired from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department (MTAPD) after allegedly mishandling...
Is This Racial Discrimination And Harassment At Work? In Jason Jones v. Fluor Facility & Plant Services, 2025 WL 707869 (6th Cir. 2025), Jason Jones, an African American maintenance worker, was subjected to blatant racial harassment by his white coworkers at Fluor...
We’ve all been there: a co-worker or supervisor does something that annoys us, and the urge to fire off a snarky or angry email feels almost irresistible. Maybe a customer complaint pushes us over the edge, or you feel like you're not getting the respect you deserve....
Many workers assume that if they face employment discrimination, they can march into court with a lawsuit and get justice. But here is the harsh reality—Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 only protects employees, not independent contractors, business owners,...
Temporary injuries in the workplace often raise critical legal questions about disability discrimination: Can these short term injuries qualify as disabilities under Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)? Does the ADA even require an employer to provide any...
If you believe your employer discriminated against or harassed you or wrongfully fired you, your reflexive reaction might be to immediately run to the court with a lawsuit in hand yelling “I’m going to sue you!” However, this may cause many problems for employees....
Many disabled employees are upset that their boss or manager fired them and called them a “direct threat.” They will vehemently tell our disability discrimination lawyers that they never made a threat to anyone; that they are peaceful and work well with their...
An entire day of surgeries canceled. Patient safety jeopardized. Technical issues unresolved. These were just some of the problems that Tennova Healthcare faced, and they weren’t about to let them slide. Specifically, Three employees at Tennova Healthcare faced...
“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, Would you capture it or just let it slip?” Eminem’s famous words from “Lose Yourself” ring true for employees facing discrimination or feeling they have been wrongfully...