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Yes, you can be fired—but only if wearing that gear is truly essential to the job and no reasonable accommodation is possible. That’s the hard lesson learned in Stevens v. City of Oneonta, No. 24-2334, 2025 WL 1466186 (2d Cir. May 22, 2025), where the United States...
Retaliation is one of the most common concerns that employees have after reporting employment or harassment. Fortunately, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal for an employer to punish an employee for speaking up about race/color, gender...
You know what happens when Cinderella stays too long at the ball? Midnight strikes, the magic ends, and she’s stuck walking home barefoot. Basketball still on your fingertips when the buzzer sounds? Doesn’t matter if it swishes—the shot doesn’t count. Show up one...
When you take medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), you expect your job to be waiting for you when you return. But what happens if your employer says the position is no longer available? Do you have the right to be reinstated, or can they...
It doesn’t matter how strong your facts are—if you can’t present them properly, they won’t make a difference. In employment law, your complaint is your voice. And when that voice is silenced by sloppy or unclear legal drafting, even the most outrageous employment...
Can Your Employer Fire You If A Medical Emergency Keeps You From Calling Off Work? The short answer: not if the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) applies and you're too incapacitated to give notice. There are emergency medical circumstances that prevent employees...
Details matter. Imagine someone telling you that a movie is “good.” That tells you nothing. But if they said, “It had incredible cinematography, a twist ending that blew my mind, and a soundtrack that gave me chills,” suddenly you are intrigued. In law, as in life,...
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 –...
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...
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...