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There are hundreds of attorneys that practice employment and labor law in Northeast Ohio. Crain’s Business News undertook an independent and thorough process to identify the top 25 of those employment attorneys. Crain’s Business News, which is a leading source of...
Unfortunately, there are many lawyers out there that think they can just do employment law. They throw employment law up on their website with the car accident and criminal representation stuff and figure that they can figure out employment discrimination cases out as...
About a decade ago, I wrote this blog: Disability Discrimination: ADA Does Not Require Employers To Be Mind Readers. It is always fun to look back and revisit some of our older blogs. The principle that I blogged on those long10 years ago still holds true – employees...
How long do I have to sue for employment discrimination and what happens if I miss the deadline? As our employee’s rights attorneys have blogged about before, the deadlines for filing employment discrimination, harassment, or wrongful termination claims under Title...
Employees who lie about a medical condition to take protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) can be fired for dishonesty. Moreover, even if an employer legitimately believes that the employee committed fraud to get FMLA leave, a claim for FMLA...
Gilbert Edwin worked for Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., an environmental and industrial service provider, as an environmental technician, which was designated a safety position by his employer. Employment records showed that Edwin was caught sleeping on...
Today we consider the recent case of Barsody v. Clearfield Area Sch. Dist., No. 22-2928, 2023 WL 3814038 (3d Cir. June 5, 2023). In this case, Leonard Barsody, proceeding pro se, which means representing himself (very bad idea) sued his employer Clearfield Area School...
“Just because you can doesn't mean you should.” The American legal system allows individuals to represent themselves in court. This practice is called acting pro se. Our lawyers have blogged regularly to warn employees about the complexities employment discrimination...
Yesterday, our employment discrimination attorney discussed whether offensive music could create a racially or sexually hostile work environment based on the recent United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit holding in Sharp v. S&S Activewear, L.L.C.,...
Last week, in Sharp v. S&S Activewear, L.L.C., No. 21-17138, 2023 WL 3857491, (9th Cir. June 7, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed the offensive music issue as well as whether there is a violation of Title VII of the Civil...
Next to no appellate decisions end favorably for the employee when they start off saying: “Cleon Belgrave, proceeding pro se …” Today, we look at the recent case of Belgrave v. Publix Super Market, Inc., No. 22-13021, 2023 WL 3477790, at *1 (11th Cir. May 16, 2023) as...
Since it has been a while since our employment discrimination lawyers have blogged about pregnancy discrimination, I have been on the lookout for a good case to use as a topic. Today, I came across the recently decided Biehner v. City of New York, No. 21-2922, 2023 WL...
The policies surrounding employees’ use of cannabis, CBD, and THC products in the workplace are evolving. Many states are enacting law to allow medical and/or recreational use of cannabis. In today’s blog, our employment law attorneys will discuss what claims,...
Not a chance. Picture this, you are working 40 hours per week at your job making $13.00 per hour. Your boss says that they need you to work 60 hours per week temporarily. This sounds good to you. You have the time and could use the extra time-and-a-half overtime...
As my good friend, Kenny Rodgers, once said, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away, know when to run.” There comes a time in most every case when a plaintiff-employee can claim the win by settling the case. The trick is to...
What is an adverse employment action? An adverse employment action constitutes “a significant change in employment status, such as hiring, firing, failing to promote, reassignment with significantly different responsibilities, or a decision causing a significant...